Chennai: DVAC officials seized 1.5 lakh unaccounted cash from a sub-registrar office (SRO) in Guduvanchery during a surprise check on Friday that continued until midnight.
Based on a tip, a police team led by the DVAC deputy superintendent of police stormed into the Guduvanchery SRO office around 4pm.
The team locked the entry and exit doors, while the document writers and people who came to register their properties were at the SRO office.
Officials seized the mobile phones of the SRO staff to prevent them from calling anyone. On spotting DVAC officials, some officials threw the cash on the floor and into garbage bins. They confiscated 1.5 lakh from the office.
Further investigations are ongoing.
