Cash seizure triggers war of words between BJP, TRS

Hyderabad, Oct 27 : The cash seizure from a relative of BJP candidate in Dubbak Assembly bypoll in Telangana has sparked a war of words between BJP and ruling TRS while the police on Tuesday released a series of videos to counter the allegations that the money was planted by them.
A day after Rs 18.67 lakh cash was recovered at the residence of a relative of BJP candidate M. Raghunandan Rao, Siddipet Police Commissioner Joel Davis released video footage of the money seized by Mandal Revenue Officer and Executive Magistrate V. Vijay Sagar.
The videos show a woman handing over the cash to the officials and the latter completing the formalities.
The Police Commissioner said when the Executive Magistrate and police officials were coming out of the house, they were attacked by BJP workers who snatched away a part of the cash.
Davis said they registered a case on the complaint lodged by the Executive Magistrate and were trying to identify those who attacked the officials and took away the cash.
Police said the cash was seized from the residence of S. Anjan Rao, and it was meant to be distributed among voters in Dubbak Assembly constituency, where the by-election is scheduled on November 3.