LUCKNOW, Oct. 18 -- The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has seized Rs.3 crore unaccounted cash from a Delhi-bound car near Chajjarsi toll plaza in Hapur district's Pilkhuwa in Uttar Pradesh, confirmed senior DRI officials in a press note shared on Sunday.

Acting on specific intelligence about the movement of unaccounted cash by persons travelling from Shahjahanpur, DRI officials intercepted the vehicle on Saturday, the agency said.

A search of a bag carried by the suspects led to the recovery of Rs.35 lakh. A subsequent search of the car revealed specially constructed cavities inside its doors, where another Rs.2.65 crore had been concealed, taking the total recovery to Rs.3 crore.

The persons apprehended during the operation...