India, Oct. 30 -- PRAYAGRAJ Authorities tightened the cordon around a residential property in Baraipur Ramnagar village here on Friday as the excavation for a buried cash cache reportedly worth crores of rupees entered its third consecutive day. The high-profile operation follows the sensational Wednesday night recovery of three blue plastic drums packed with cloth-wrapped bundles of Rs.500 notes buried beneath the house.

While the exact valuation of the seized currency remains tightly guarded, the Income Tax (I-T) Department formally took control of the site and the investigation on Thursday evening. Brothers Rakesh Yadav, alias 'Mahakal', and Rajesh Yadav, the owners of the property in the Ganga Nagar zone, have been handed over to tax...