Police seized ₹11.50 lakh in cash allegedly from the vehicle of a BJP candidate in a village in Korba district of Chhattisgarh on Thursday, a day before the second phase of the State Assembly elections, an official said.
Former MLA Ram Dayal Uikey, the BJP nominee from Pali-Tanakhar seat in Korba district, was present in the vehicle when the cash was seized from there, the police official said.
"Some local villagers intercepted Uikey's vehicle [a SUV] near Jhunkidi village under Pasan police station area [Pali-Tanakhar constituency] and informed the police around 1 am," Korba Superintendent of Police Jitendra Shukla said.
