Dr.Thomas (Special Correspondent)
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day after his arrest,the CCB officials taken Halashri Swamiji into custody the CCB officials recovered a total of Rs.56 lakh which he had parked in his Muth in Hirehadagali in Vijayanagar on Wednesday.
Senior officer told reporters out of the Rs.1.5 crore, Swamiji had returned Rs.50 lakh to Govindababu Pujari promising to return the rest of the money before fleeing.
The accused had informed his associate Pranav Prasad to take care of the money he had kept in the Mutt,but fearing police action,he put out a video about the cash and posted it on social media.
The CCB team with the help of local police recovered the money while efforts are on to track down the rest of Rs.44 lakh from him,a senior police officer,part of the investigation,said .
Swamiji who was track down by CCB team in Cuttack on the moving train was brought back to city and taken into ten days police custody for further investigations.
The police are now questioning both Chaitra and Swamiji together to corroborate the statement she had given before.
Chaitra had told the CCB officials that Swamiji had high links and his arrest will reveal many big names in the cheating .
With the arrest of Swamiji the CCB have arrested all the accused involved in the cheating case and the police are further investigating to ascertain whether there are more links to the cheating case .
Chaitra who is back from the hospital is presently in the custody and cooperating with the investigation.She had revealed many details related to the case,which is being scrutinized by the officials.
