Money traced to jeweler Sowcarpet, officers say

CHENNAI: According to the police, in a recent development in the case of seizure of Rs 4 cash, the money has been traced to a jeweler in Sowcarpet.

On April 6 this year, cash worth Rs 3.99 crore was seized from three persons travelling in the Nellai Express at Tambaram railway station.

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Police said today that the money from the jeweler in Sowcarpet had gone to the suspects before they were caught red-handed as they boarded the Nellai Express, Thanthi TV reported.

Three months ago, acting on a tip-off about cash being transported in the double-tier AC coach of the Chennai-Tirunelveli Nellai Superfast Express, the Election Commission’s flying squad along with Tambaram police rushed to Tambaram railway station and arrested the trio — S Sathish and S Naveen of Agaram in Chennai and S Perumal of Srivaikundam of Thoothukudi district. They were transporting cash worth Rs 4 crores in travel bags and trolleys.

Since the seizure came less than two weeks before the Lok Sabha elections in Tamil Nadu, it triggered a political storm, especially after it emerged that the arrested persons were allegedly linked to Nainar Nagendran, the BJP’s Tirunelveli candidate and vice-president of the party’s state unit.

Nainar Nagendran appeared before the CB-CID for questioning last Tuesday.