Over Rs 11 lakh unaccounted money seized, two held

Two persons were today arrested and unaccounted cash of Rs 11.69 lakh seized from them at a check post in Muthanga forest range here.
During a vehicle check this morning, excise department officials seized Rs 8.69 from Sandesh Bhima Rao (18) of Maharastra and one Afzal (25) of Andhra Pradesh, who came by a Bangalore-Kozhikode bus, Excise Preventive Officer Babu said.
The duo who could not produce proper documents pertaining to the money, in the denomination of Rs 1000 and Rs 500, were arrested, he added.