Guwahati: In the ongoing drive against black money, the Income Tax sleuths and Border Security Force recovered more than Rs 2.50 crore in two separate raids.
The I-T sleuths which conducted a surprise raid in a shop in central Assam’s Nagaon district recovered Rs 2.30 crore including new currency. The raid was conducted in the Mahim store in Bor Bazaar area of Nagaon.
Though the I-T sleuths were tight-lipped about the recovery, sources said that raid was conducted on the basis of specific intelligence input on existence of huge currency with the business house.
Meanwhile, a special intelligence unit of the BSF seized Rs 29.73 lakh in new currency notes from two persons from Assam close to the international border with Bangladesh near Tura in Meghalaya on Wednesday.
