Hazaribagh, Apr 29 : A team of the district administration conducted raids at a hotel in the city and recovered cash worth Rs 16 lakh from the rooms booked in the name of Congress nominee Gopal Sahu, who is contesting from Hazaribagh.
The district electoral officer had yesterday night received a tip off that cash was being exchanged in the hotel room, which was also functioning as the camp office of Mr Sahu.
A team led by DDC Vijaya Jadhav and SDO Megha Bhardwaj conducted the raids at hotel AK International in which sleuths of the IT department were also present.
Upon seeing the police and district administration officials,a couple of men present inside the room managed to flee, leaving behind the cash.
