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Watch: Money Thrown Out Of Building In Kolkata During Raid By Directorate Of Revenue Intelligence
Swarajya Staff
Nov 21, 2019, 02:49 PM | Updated 02:49 PM IST
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In a scene resembling the cinema, bundles of currency notes were thrown from the sixth floor of a building in central business district of Kolkata on Wednesday (20 November) afternoon, reports India Today.
DRI reportedly said that its sleuths had gone to the office of a private company engaged in export-import activities located on that floor to conduct search operations for alleged evasion of duty.
#WATCH Bundles of currency notes were thrown from a building at Bentinck Street in Kolkata during a search at office of Hoque Merchantile Pvt Ltd by DRI officials earlier today. pic.twitter.com/m5PLEqzVwS
— ANI (@ANI) November 20, 2019
“It was around 3 pm when I heard about the incident. I couldn’t believe my ears. My office is in the vicinity and I rushed to see what had happened. As I reached the building, I was dumbfounded to see currency notes of Rs 2,000 and Rs 500 floating in the air,” Ajmal Khan, a Bentinck Street local told TOI.
“Someone was throwing off notes from a window on the sixth floor. While the wads fell inside the compound, there was a mad rush for notes that came floating outside. Nobody entered the premises,” said another witness.
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