The cash seized during the Income Tax Department raids in Odisha and Jharkhand is expected to reach Rs 300 crore, official sources said. It will be the "highest-ever" black money haul by any agency in a single operation.
Most of the cash was recovered from premises linked to Boudh Distillery Private Limited in Odisha. The counting of the seized notes was still going on at the time of writing this report. Official sources told PTI that the counting of cash is expected to be over by Saturday.
To speed up the process of counting the notes, the Income Tax Department has deployed about 40 large and small machines and brought in more department and bank staffers.
The value of the unaccounted cash seized by the Income Tax Department from the premises linked to Congress Rajya Sabha MP Dheeraj Sahu in Odisha and Jharkhand is likely to amount to Rs 300 crore figure, official sources said on Saturday.