Police were called in after a sack was found abandoned under a bridge near Jailkhana Road of Lalmonirhat district town Wednesday night. Inside, cops found Tk 66 lakh in cash.
Cops said that some locals had spotted the sack and informed them. A team from the local police station rushed to the spot and seized the cash.
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“All the notes were wet and each of the 66 bundles contained 100 notes,” said Shah Alam, officer-in-charge of the Lalmonirhat police station. "The currency notes could be counterfeit," he added.