By IANS,
Ghaziabad : Rs.9.5 lakh (Rs.950,000) was stolen here Saturday from the car of a steel trader who is the son of a former Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) legislator, police said.
The incident occurred Saturday afternoon in Loha Mandi under Kavi Nagar police station of Ghaziabad.
Bhagwan Gupta, a steel trader from Aligarh, drove to Ghaziabad Saturday afternoon to make some payments to other traders with whom he was doing business. He was carrying Rs.10 lakh in a bag which was kept in the car, police said.
“When Gupta got down to make a payment of Rs.50,000 to a trader, a boy came to his driver and told him that oil was leaking from the car’s engine. The driver got down from the car to check the leakage and when Gupta called for the money, they found the bag containing the cash was missing,” a police officer said.
“Gupta is the son of Gopal Bhaiya Ji who is a former BSP legislator. We have registered the case and investigation is on,” the police officer added.