The arrested persons had confessed to the police that the amount was intended to influence the voters during Dubbak assembly constituency bypoll election.

Hyderabad:The Cyberabad police will be issuing notices over the seizure of Rs. 40 lakh unaccounted cash during checking at Shamirpet on Monday night to Raghunandan Rao, BJP Assembly candidate for Dubbak Assembly constituency.

The Shamirpet police along with the Special Operations Team had arrested four persons Srinivas Babu, B Anjaneyulu, P Suresh and Mohd Majid, all residents of Gudimalkapur, who were carrying the unaccounted cash in two vehicles at Ring Road on Monday night.

“During questioning the four persons said they were transporting the cash from the city to Siddipet on instructions of R Santosh Goud who is personal assistant of BJP candidate from Dubbak Raghunandan Rao,” said PV Padmaja, DCP Balanagar.

The Call Details Record (CDR) of the arrested persons revealed that they were in touch with Santosh Goud and about 20 phone calls were made between them.

The arrested persons had confessed to the police that the amount was intended to influence the voters during Dubbak assembly constituency bypoll election.

Police will be issuing notices to Raghunandan Rao and Santosh Goud asking them to appear before the police following registration of a case at Shamirpet police station, said PV Padmaja.

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