Ahead of the second phase of Lok Sabha elections, the Assam police seized several lakhs of unaccounted cash from different parts of the State on Monday night.

Acting on a tip off, a team on police and SST carried search operation to recover Rs. 6 lakh in cash from a person in Hojai. Identified as Kamal Uddin, the man was unable to produce valid documents against the cash.

Similarly, the police also seized several lakhs of unaccounted cash from a hotel in Nagaon. Two people identified as Sakil Ahmed from Tinsukia and Jiten Goswami of Nagaon town have been detained in connection with the seizure.