<p class="title">A typist working at the office of Minister for Backward Classes Welfare C Puttarangashetty was caught with Rs 25.76 lakh in unaccounted-for cash by the Vidhana Soudha police on Friday. </p>.<p class="bodytext">The typist, identified as Mohan, was caught leaving the minister’s office with a bag in his hand around 6.30 pm. Police stopped him at the Vidhana Soudha West Gate (Kengal Hanumanthaiah gate). </p>.<p class="bodytext">Mohan, a resident of Malleswaram, has worked as a typist in the offices of various ministers. He was recently posted at Puttarangashetty’s office.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Police said he had befriended many contractors who frequented ministers’ offices at the Vidhana Soudha. </p>.<p class="bodytext">One such contractor arrived at the Vidhana Soudha and handed him over the bag. </p>.<p class="bodytext">An anonymous bystander, who saw the exchange, informed the police who checked then bag and seized the cash, all of which is in the denomination of Rs 2,000. </p>.<p class="bodytext">The police, who have opened a case under CrPC sections 41D (unaccounted money) and 102 (seizure of unaccounted money under suspicion as stolen), say Mohan has refused to disclose the source of the money.</p>.<p class="bodytext">They are reviewing the CCTV footage of the minister’s office and the surroundings, besides checking the visitors’ list. </p>.<p class="CrossHead"><strong><span class="bold">What the minister says</span></strong></p>.<p class="bodytext">“I am not in Bengaluru. I have nothing to do with the cash found in the Vidhana Soudha. The man carrying the bag of cash is not my personal assistant. I don’t know of any Mohan working in my office. Don’t drag me into this case,” he said. </p>
<p class="title">A typist working at the office of Minister for Backward Classes Welfare C Puttarangashetty was caught with Rs 25.76 lakh in unaccounted-for cash by the Vidhana Soudha police on Friday. </p>.<p class="bodytext">The typist, identified as Mohan, was caught leaving the minister’s office with a bag in his hand around 6.30 pm. Police stopped him at the Vidhana Soudha West Gate (Kengal Hanumanthaiah gate). </p>.<p class="bodytext">Mohan, a resident of Malleswaram, has worked as a typist in the offices of various ministers. He was recently posted at Puttarangashetty’s office.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Police said he had befriended many contractors who frequented ministers’ offices at the Vidhana Soudha. </p>.<p class="bodytext">One such contractor arrived at the Vidhana Soudha and handed him over the bag. </p>.<p class="bodytext">An anonymous bystander, who saw the exchange, informed the police who checked then bag and seized the cash, all of which is in the denomination of Rs 2,000. </p>.<p class="bodytext">The police, who have opened a case under CrPC sections 41D (unaccounted money) and 102 (seizure of unaccounted money under suspicion as stolen), say Mohan has refused to disclose the source of the money.</p>.<p class="bodytext">They are reviewing the CCTV footage of the minister’s office and the surroundings, besides checking the visitors’ list. </p>.<p class="CrossHead"><strong><span class="bold">What the minister says</span></strong></p>.<p class="bodytext">“I am not in Bengaluru. I have nothing to do with the cash found in the Vidhana Soudha. The man carrying the bag of cash is not my personal assistant. I don’t know of any Mohan working in my office. Don’t drag me into this case,” he said. </p>