Kolkata: During heightened election surveillance, police seized unaccounted for cash worth Rs 38 lakh from a car on NSC Bose Road near Netaji Nagar on Saturday night.
The vehicle, coming from Alipore, was stopped during a naka check. Officers grew suspicious after inconsistencies in driver's statements and found a concealed black bag containing neatly stacked cash. The 36-year-old driver is being interrogated to trace the source, purpose, and intended recipient of the money, with a probe into possible election-related misuse. The car has been seized.