Khammam: New and old currency notes worth Rs 17.23 lakh were recovered from the bags of two passengers at Khammam Railway Station on Sunday.
The RPF intercepted two persons who got down from the Konark Express and searched their belongings. The two were taken into custody after the cash was found in their luggage. They have been identified as Nageti Murali Krishna, 29, who works as a clerk at a firm in Pumping Well Road, and Basani Upender, 45, a clerk in another firm. It doesn’t look like the two had the economic capacity to generate this much cash.
Old and new currency was found in the bags. There were 321 new Rs 2000 notes, 41 new Rs 500 notes, 9075 Rs 100 notes, 1000 Rs 20 notes, 500 Rs 10 notes and 500 Rs 10 coins. Of the old notes, 53 were of Rs 1000 and 158 of Rs 500. The new currency notes had bank slips of the main bazaar branch of Berhampur in Odisha.
The RPF has handed over the case to the Railway Police. Railway police SI K. Naresh said they are interrogating the two persons. It is suspected that businessmen of Khammam, who had links with banks in Berhampur, sent their men to exchange notes.
