Rs 15 lakh cash recovered in Nagaon hotel ahead of election

Nagaon, April 16, 2019:

Ahead of the second phase of Lok Sabha elections to be conducted on April 18, the police and flying squad team of the Election Commission of India (ECI) recovered Rs 14.94 lakh cash from a hotel in central Assam’s Nagaon district last night.

According to the reports, the police and flying squad team had launched operation at Ten Eleven hotel at Nagaon town and recovered the cash amount in possession from two persons identified as Jiten Goswami and Shakil Ahmed.

Police detained the persons and also recovered some documents allegedly belonging to the Congress party.

The second phase polls for five Lok Sabha seats in Assam - Karimganj, Silchar, Autonomous District, Nowgong and Mangaldoi - will be held on Apr 18.