Huge amount of cash found from a vehicle in which three Jharkhand Congress MLA Irfan Ansari, Rajesh Kachhap and Naman Vikas Kangri traveling in Ranihati, Howrah district, on Saturday night, July 30, 2022. (PTI photo)
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The vehicle was stopped at Panchala-Ranihati intersection on the basis of information that the vehicle was loaded with cash, but the police initially did not know anything about the passengers.
The police later found out that the passengers are Irfan Ansari, Rajesh Kachhapi And Naman Vixel Kongarik Three Congress MLAs from the neighboring state going from Jamtara in Jharkhand to East Midnapore in Bengal.
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The MLAs were taken to the police station for questioning. “They have been asked to disclose the source of the money. A cash counting machine has been sought from a nearby bank branch,” a police officer said. Sources said that none of the MLAs have disclosed the source of the money kept with them.