Prasagraj: In a large breakthrough, the police highway patrol party team seized Rs 40 lakh from a car belonging to the Samajwadi Party (SP) MLC Draan Singh Yadav near Tikuri Dhaba in Mirzapur Road during late Monday night.
Police desk intercepted the SUV vehicle Maan Singh Yadav to check around 2:30 in the morning.
He was heading to the city with his friend Sanjay Yadav and Arun Yadav driver.
The SP leader and his aides cannot answer questions raised by police officers about the source of money.
The police have consulted with an income tax department official for further action.
SP MLC was taken to the desk police station to be questioned.
Police Supervisors (Trans-Yamuna) Saurabh Dixit, “Given the upcoming Zila presidential poll, the police have intensified checking in the prohibited cash movement in the Trans-Yamuna area.
A police team checks the SP MLC SUV Dr.
Maan Singh Yadav and seized Rs 40 lakh of the vehicle.
“” Good SP MLC or his friends cannot reveal the motive carrying cash or the source, “SP was added.
Dixit also said that the police did not rule out that the amount seized could be used for improper purposes before the election of President Zila Panchayat.
Cases under Section 171 (B, C, E and F) IPC and Section 123 of the representation of the People’s Act has been registered with SP MLC.
Meanwhile, SP leaders accused that the MLC party had become a victim of police abuse on the orders of the state government.
SP district spokesman Daan Bahadur ‘Madhur’ said, “SP MLC was forced to live in the police station all night and was allowed to leave at around 9:15 a.m.
when a number of party leaders and workers rushed to the police station to mark their protest against the incident.” He claimed That the police had stopped the MLC SP vehicle with a pretext of checks near Tikuri Dhaba in Mirzapur Road when MLC traveled with his friend based in Sanjay Yadav.
Madhur said that the police were told that Sanjay was a businessman and he with MLC would work.
Sanjay has saved the money in a bag for business purposes.
The SP leaders also accused the police table violating the protocol.
They took MLC to the police station to be questioned but forced him to stay there all night even though he had given his explanation.