Kolkata, March 20 -- A team of Election Commission Flying Squad seized Rs 25 lakh in cash from a vehicle near CC-2 under ECO Park Police Station in Kolkata, West Bengal, officials said on Friday.

The Flying Squad team was deployed for election surveillance and enforcement operations when it intercepted a suspicious vehicle. The team identified one individual, named Thakor Suraji Abhesang, who was found travelling in a car under circumstances deemed suspicious.

The search led to the recovery of Rs 25 lakhs in cash. Further investigation is underway.

This comes as the assembly election in West Bengal is set to be held in two phases on April 23 and April 29. Counting of votes for both phases will be conducted on May 4.

As per the ECI, th...