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Agartala: Tripura Police seized more than Rs 1.68 crore in cash from two passengers at Maharaja Bir Bikram Airport on Thursday. Officers from the Special Branch discovered the money, totaling Rs 1,68,27,000, hidden within the luggage of Dattatraya Thakram Virkar and Sajal Sachin Devkar. Both men are residents of Maharashtra and have since been handed over to the Income Tax Department and Customs for questioning.
Investigators suspect the arrests have uncovered a sophisticated interstate cash transportation racket. The pair had made several trips between Maharashtra and Agartala since early June. According to reports, the men followed a specific pattern of arriving with luggage, transferring the bags to local contacts, and departing for Maharashtra on the same day.
The investigation suggests the suspects served as mere couriers who did not know the locks to the bags they carried. Authorities believe the passwords were shared directly between senders and recipients. Officials also noted that the men received new mobile phones for each trip, a tactic investigators suspect was intended to evade digital surveillance. A joint statement from the agencies involved confirmed they are currently determining the source, destination, and purpose of the funds, noting that "preliminary investigations suggest the involvement of a larger cash transportation racket operating across states."
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