On Thursday, Assistant Commissioner of Police Suhas Mane along with his associates seized a suspicious amount of Rs 2.19 crore from the Zaveri Bazaar area in the Colaba constituency. The amount was seized from Sagar Ramesh Azgaonkar (Rs 60 lakh), Ramesh Ashok Jain (Rs 40 lakh), Jeetu Laxman Singh (Rs 30 lakh), Imran Syed Qadri (Rs 39.5 lakh).

The team also managed to seize Rs 50 lakh from Vitthal Kashinath Yadav and Sanjay Maleekar during the action taken by the police officials who were on election duty. Income Tax department Mumbai inspectors Ritesh Kumar and Dilip Madan are investigating the matter with regard to income tax. A case has been registered at the Lokmanya Tilak Marg police station.