A day after his arrest, the CCB officials took Halashri Swami into custody and recovered a total of ₹56 lakh which he had kept in his mutt in Hirehadagali in Vijayanagara district on Wednesday, September 20.
According to the police, out of the ₹1.5 crore he had taken from Govindababu Pujari, on the promise of getting him a BJP ticket, Swami had returned ₹50 lakh and promised to return the rest later, but had fled. The CCB team with the help of local police recovered a part of the money, while efforts are on to track down the rest, a senior police officer said.
Swami, who was tracked down by CCB team near Cuttack on a train, was brought back to city and taken into 10-day police custody for further investigations.
