Ranchi (Jharkhand) [India], May 9 (HBTV): Amid the political war of words over the large cash haul from the address of a house help employed by the aide of sitting Jharkhand minister and Congress leader Alamgir Alam, Static Surveillance Team (SST) officials seized cash worth INR 45,90,000 from a car at Ramgarh on Wednesday.  

An official of the SST told ANI, ‘During a vehicle check by the Static Surveillance Team team in Ramgarh on Wednesday, currency notes to the tune of INR 45,90,000 were recovered from a car.’   

However, there was no official word yet on who the car was registered to.

The SST official informed that the seized amount of cash was handed over to a Sales Tax team. 

"The seized amount was handed over to a Sales Tax team. The Sales Tax Department has since briefed the Income Tax Department about the cash recovery and the latter will decide on the further course of action after carrying out an investigation." 

Even as the extent of currency notes recovered earlier from the help of the minister's aide was determined to be in excess of INR 30 crore, a political free-fall erupted, with even Prime Minister Narendra Modi invoking the report of the haul in one of his campaign speeches. 

(ANI) This is a syndicated news feed. HBTV has edited it for clarity.