₹28.5 crore cash, 15 kg gold seized from retired driver's house in Bengal

Police seized ₹28.5 crore in cash and 15 kg of gold bars from Minar Mondal's house in Deucha village, Birbhum district, West Bengal.

Minar Mondal is a retired government bus driver who claimed the assets belonged to his brother-in-law, Tulu Mondal alias Mohd Nazibuddin.

Tulu Mondal was arrested in a 2022 murder case, questioned by central agencies over illegal stone, sand and coal trades, and has been absconding since May.

Tulu Mondal was known as an aide of Anubrata Mondal, a TMC rebel group leader, and went into hiding after assembly election results.

Minar Mondal was in charge of a toll booth operated by Tulu Mondal.