JAIPUR: The Rajasthan Police has seized about Rs 49 lakh in cash following action in two districts of the state. According to a statement, a team from Pokhran police station in Jaisalmer district nabbed Amar Singh from a private bus late on Friday. The police also seized about Rs 25 lakh in cash from his bag. According to guidelines of the Election Commission of India, police blockades have been set up at various places in the district, the statement said. Singh was carrying Rs 24.68 lakh in cash stuffed in two packets inside the bag. It further added that the Income Tax Department was informed as the cash was more than Rs 10 lakh. The Income Tax Department team carried out a further investigation of Singh and the cash. The police also seized about Rs 24 lakh in cash from two men travelling in a car in Chittorgarh district. The car was stopped at a blockade and searched. The cash was seized when the driver Vijay Pratap Singh, and his colleague Jaswant Singh could not give any satisfactory answer for carrying the money. The statement added that the Income Tax department and the GST authorities have also been informed
