The Railway Protection Force (RPF) posted at Agartala railway station has recovered huge quantities of unclaimed Indian currency from a compartment of Kanchenjunga express.

Giving details of the seizure, a senior official of RPF said that during regular checking of the Kolkata bound  Kanchenjunga express on February 14 evening, one RPF jawan  Manuj Sharma noticed a big bag lying near the toilet of Coach-B-1 of Kanchenjunga express.

He immediately informed his senior official and they rushed to the spot and after formal checking of any sabotage items, the RPF officials seized the bag.

Later, RPF opened the bag and found many bundles of Indian currency denominations of Rs. 200 and Rs. 500 and after counting with machines, the total recovery of unclaimed money stood at Rs. 66.57 lakh.

The official added that they initiated legal proceedings and informed the recovery of huge money from a rail compartment to the concerned officials of Income Tax and Customs.