Ramgarh (Jharkhand), Feb 5 (PTI) The Jharkhand Police have recovered "unaccounted" cash of Rs 6 lakh from a car in poll-bound Ramgarh district, an officer said on Sunday.

The recovery was made at a check post on the Ranchi-Patna National Highway in Chutupalu valley late on Saturday night when the car was on its way to Ramgarh from Ranchi's Lapung area.

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“The police seized unaccounted cash of Rs 6 lakh during a checking drive," Returning Officer for the Ramgarh assembly by-poll, Md Javed Hussain, told PTI.

The occupants of the car were not able to produce valid documents for carrying cash, the official said, adding that the travellers claimed that they had plans to buy some machines.

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An investigation has been initiated, and no one has been arrested, he said.

The district administration has set up a panel, headed by deputy development commissioner (DDC) Nagendra Kumar Sinha, to enquire into the cash seizure cases, another official said.

In view of the upcoming assembly by-poll, as many as six check posts have been set up in national and state highways and other roads passing through Ramgarh for "checking of illegal flow of cash, arms, ammunition, liquor and other things that can influence the by-election", Hussain, also Ramgarh sub-divisional officer, said.

The process of filing nomination is underway and will conclude on February 7.

The Ramgarh by-poll will be held on February 27 and the counting of votes will be on March 2.

Unaccounted cash of Rs 1 lakh was earlier recovered from senior AJSU party leader Roshanlal Chaudhary's car in a check post on the Ramgarh-Bokaro highway.

Chaudhary, however, had claimed that cash was being ferried to his father-in-law in Ranchi's Silli for an urgent need.

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