Ballia (UP), Aug 30 (PTI) Railway Protection Force (RPF) personnel have seized Rs 25 lakh in cash from a passenger at the Suraimanpur railway station after the man could not give a satisfactory explanation about why he was carrying such a large amount of money.

The man was travelling on the Utsarg Express to Bihar's Chhapra on Friday evening when the incident occurred.

RPF Inspector B K Singh identified the passenger as Akshay Kumar Soni, a resident of Gohiya Chhapra village in the Bairia police station area here.

The passenger was unable to give a satisfactory explanation for the large sum of money he was carrying, and hence the amount was seized, officials said. The Income Tax Department was notified about the seizure, following which a notice was issued to Soni under the relevant sections of the Income Tax Act.

This marks the third major cash seizure from a train passenger on the Ballia-Chhapra rail section.

On August 4, the Government Railway Police (GRP) recovered Rs 53.96 lakh from Mohammad Mustafa, a passenger of the Swatantrata Senani Express, at the Ballia railway station. On July 22, Rs 1.80 crore was seized from a passenger of the Sabarmati-Darbhanga Express. PTI COR CDN NSD

Cash seizure prompts Income Tax notice after unexplained large cash carriage on train; passenger served notice. RPF personnel at Suraimanpur railway station seized cash from a passenger who could not satisfactorily explain carrying a substantial sum; the amount was seized, the Income Tax Department was notified, and a notice was issued to the passenger under the Income Tax Act.