DHARMAPURI: A teacher threw away a bag containing Rs 16.5 lakh allegedly meant for distribution to voters, minutes before a raid by police and revenue department officials on Sunday. Based on a tip-off by Returning Officer and Harur RDO V Muthaiyyan, a flying squad, revenue and police officials were dispatched to the house of R Kumar, a government school teacher.
On noticing the police and revenue personnel in the vicinity, Kumar reportedly threw away a bag containing the cash, which was picked up by another person on the street. However, after a brief chase, police caught R Nethaji, a local resident, and confiscated the money. The RO and the I-T department began a probe. Over 30 police personnel have been deployed in the locality, the RDO said.