Ranchi, 31/7:Three Congress MLAs from Jharkhand were stopped in West Bengal’s Howrah district by the police on Saturday evening after a huge amount of cash was found in their vehicle, a senior officer said.
Acting on a tip-off, the SUV in which MLAs Irfan Ansari, Rajesh Kachchap and Naman Bixal Kongari were travelling was intercepted on National Highway-16 at Ranihati in Panchla police station area, she said.
“We had specific input that a huge amount of money was being transported in a black car. We started checking the vehicles, and intercepted this SUV in which three Jharkhand MLAs were travelling. A huge amount of cash was found in the vehicle,” said Swati Bhangalia, the superintendent of police of Howrah (Rural).