- Electoral officials in Tamil Nadu seized Rs 570-crore cash from three containers during routine checks in Tirupur district.
- Occupants of the vehicles claimed it was for inter-bank money transfer from SBI’s Coimbatore branch to its Visakhapatnam one. They also claimed to be Andhra Pradesh policemen in plain-clothes but could not produce documentation to substantiate their claims.
- The election department and paramilitary forces seized the cash on the Perumanallur-Kunnathu bypass.
(With inputs from PTI.)