The officials of North and West Zone Task Force conducted raids and arrested seven people with INR 3, 13,44, 000 of hawala [illegal money transfer] money, and also recovered 1.8 kg of gold, from various locations in Hyderabad in Telangana, reports Deccan Chronicle on December 6. In the first raid, the West Zone Task Force [WZTF] arrested A. Prakash (38), R. Kiran Goud (38), and S.V. Krishnam Raju (38), from Jubilee Hills area in Hyderabad district in Telangana. The officials recovered INR 2.12 crore from their possession. The three accused were planning to distribute the money among the voters allegedly in favour of Turupu Jayaprakash Reddy aka Jaggareddy— the Congress party candidate, said Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) of Commissioner’s Task Force (CTF) P. Radhakrishna Rao.
In the second raid, officials arrested K. Ganesh Goud and recovered INR 45 lakh from his possession, said DCP Rao. In another incident, the North Zone Task Force [NZTF] arrested two person— Sanjay Kumar Jha, and D. Yadagiri, and recovered INR 50 lakh in cash and 1.8 kg of gold biscuits. The NZTF also raided Ispat Bhawan in Ranigunj in Hyderabad district and arrested Naresh Angara with hawala money in cash worth INR 6.53 lakh.