Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar: A raid on the house of a deceased former union leader with several criminal cases against his name in Maharashtra’s Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar city yielded more than Rs 5 crore in cash, gold and silver as well as six weapons along with 6,350 cartridges, a police official said on Saturday.
The raid was carried out on Friday at the Mitmita residence of Baba Farzan, a union leader of the 1980s and 1990s who died last month due to diabetes, the official said.
“We seized Rs 5.26 crore in unaccounted cash, 151 grams of gold and 3.9 kilograms of silver. Four rifles, of 12 bore and 0.22 bore, and two pistols along with 6,350 live cartridges have also been found,” Deputy Commissioner of Police (Crime) Shashikant Satav said.
