This story is from June 5, 2020

Maharashtra cops seize Rs 1.2 crore, book Telangana beedi leaves contractor

After seizing Rs 1.2 crore cash from two persons working for a Warangal-based tendu (beedi) leaves contractor, Maharashtra police have booked a case under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) against four persons, including two workers and the contractor, on suspicion that the cash was meant to be handed over to Maoists.
Maharashtra cops seize Rs 1.2 crore, book Telangana beedi leaves contractor
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HYDERABAD: After seizing Rs 1.2 crore cash from two persons working for a Warangal-based tendu (beedi) leaves contractor, Maharashtra police have booked a case under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) against four persons, including two workers and the contractor, on suspicion that the cash was meant to be handed over to Maoists.
Acting on specific information provided by informants on Tuesday morning, police intercepted a Scorpio (MH 34 BF 7221) travelling from Telangana to Maharashtra at Sironcha near the interstate border.
Police seized Rs 1.2 crore cash from the men travelling in the Scorpio vehicle and took them into custody for questioning.
Two men nabbed by police were identified as Sanjay Awathare and Sudhir Raut from Ashti in Maharashtra. “We have intercepted two men from Maharashtra in the vehicle and seized Rs 1.2 crore cash from their possession. We have registered a case against the two men, their colleague Mohammed Alliuddin of Warangal and their employer Mohammed Basu Mia, a tendu leaf contractor from Warangal under Sections 17,18 and 21 of the UAPA,” Gadchiroli superintendent of police (SP) Sailesh Balkawade said.
The SP said that income tax sleuths were trying to trace the origin of the seized cash. “We have not taken the two men from Warangal into custody. Along with IT sleuths, we are investigating about the source of the cash and the reason for carrying the amount,” the SP said.
On the same day, Gadchiroli police had intercepted another tendu leaves contractor Ch Narayana Reddy of Mancherial at Sironcha and seized Rs 99.3 lakh cash from his possession. That amount was also handed over to I-T sleuths for examination. However, Telangana police sources said no case has been booked against Narayana Reddy.
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