Cops recover Rs 35 lakh from car in Kathua

One person was apprehended for questioning after Rs 35 lakh was seized from a private car in Kathua district on Monday, police said.

This was the second major cash seizure from a car in the district bordering Punjab within a week. On February 18, two youth from Kashmir were taken into custody after Rs 3.36 crore was seized from their car at Lakhanpur.

In the latest case, a police party intercepted a car bearing a Delhi registration number at Baghthali village on the Jammu-Pathankot highway and seized a bag containing Rs 35,08,800, officials said.

The driver abandoned the car and managed to escape, while another occupant present in the vehicle was detained for questioning, they said. The income-tax department has been informed and further investigation is underway, the officials said.