Celebrity couple Jeevitha-Rajasekhar have come under the radar of Task Force Police after a close aide of theirs was arrested trafficking old currency notes that were banned a few months ago.
As per media reports, Task Force police have caught a man named Srinivas Rao red-handed while he was illegally transporting Rs 5 crore, the entire sum in banned Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 currency notes. He is a close aide and relative of Jeevitha-Rajasekhar. He has been taken into custody and the inquiry is being carried out.
Task Force has been high alert ever since RBI has recently provided one month time for the exchange of old currency in selected Post Offices and District Corporation Banks. Upon information that Srinivasa Rao was trafficking Rs 5 crore, Task Force police raided his properties and seized the said amount in old currency notes. Reportedly, Rao was arrested in the past in illegal drug trafficking case.
It is widely reported that Rao was just a carrier and the money originally belonged to the star couple. We can’t ascertain these reports as police is also yet to link a connection between the accused and celeb couple.
Meanwhile, the celeb couple hoarding Rs 5 crore in old currency has come as a huge shocker since it is widely believed that they are in neck-deep debts. Why wouldn’t they clear their debts if they had such huge money stashed in? We probably need to wait until the official police report.