On Thursday, a Senior Section Engineer of the Indian Railways was arrested at Begusarai station by the Government Railway Police (GRP) while carrying over 67 lakh rupees in cash. The engineer, identified as 33-year-old Nitish Kumar from Maranchi, Patna district, was traveling from Purnea to Begusarai on the Vande Bharat Express...
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train. He claimed the money belonged to a coal businessman relative, but couldn't provide supporting documentation. The GRP informed the Income Tax department, which seized the money. The investigation is ongoing. Sources suggest that the engineer is the son-in-law of Lalan Kunwar, a former MLA of Teghra.