Railway Protection Force personnel on Friday seized ₹1.16 crore-worth cash and gold from two youth at Madurai Railway Junction and handed them over to officials of Income Tax Department.
According to sources, a team of RPF personnel led by Assistant Sub-Inspector C. Ramakrishnan during their routine patrol noticed two youngsters moving in a suspicious manner near the parcel office and took them for an enquiry.
It was revealed that Tanmay Haridas Salunke, 21, of Maharashtra who was a resident in Kovilpatti, was in possession of a bag in which he had bundles of ₹500 currency notes amounting to ₹72 lakh.
The other person was identified as T. Santhanaraj, 29, of Kovilpatti. He was found to be in possession of ₹3.60 lakh cash, over 450 grams of gold ornaments, worth ₹41.22 lakh and some silver ornaments.
The duo along with the valuables were handed over to the Deputy Director of Income Tax Department for further investigation.
Published – August 01, 2025 11:14 pm IST
