The Jaipur Police were looking into the source of money after the recovery of unclaimed cash amounting to ₹2.31 crore and gold bars weighing 1 kg from the basement of Yojana Bhawan here on Friday night. The cash and gold was found in an almirah in the building, which houses Planning, Information Technology and several other departments.
The cupboard from which the cash and gold was recovered had been locked for several months. Since its key was lost, it was broken open during an exercise for scanning and digitisation of physical files and papers as part of an e-file project of the Department of Information Technology.
Jaipur Police Commissioner Anand Srivastava said seven employees of Yojana Bhawan having access to the basement had been detained for interrogation. Investigation has started to find out whose money it was and how did it come to the almirah, while the CCTV footage of the area was being scanned.
