PRAYAGRAJ, Nov. 1 -- The income tax (IT) department on Sunday temporarily suspended excavation at the house of brothers Rakesh Yadav and Rajesh Yadav in Baraipur Ramnagar village of Nawabganj, where three blue drums containing more than Rs.3.90 crore in bundles of Rs.500 notes were unearthed on October 28.

According to officials, investigators are now focusing on scrutinising recovered documents and questioning the brothers to establish the source of the cash and their assets.

On Sunday, the 14-member IT investigation team recorded the statements of Rakesh and Rajesh Yadav. Officials said their statements, along with documents recovered during the excavation, pointed towards a possible financial connection to a bullion trader in Pune, M...