Superintendent of police (vigilance and anti-corruption) Mukul Saikia said over Rs 2 crore in cash and gold ornaments weighing 950gm were recovered from a digital locker and two almirahs of his Guwahati residence this afternoon. A tiger skin recovered from the home of DFO Mahat Chandra Talukdar in Guwahati on Tuesday. The vigilance and anti-corruption officials had to use a currency-counting machine to count the bundles of cash. Assam forest minister Pramila Rani Brahma expressed shock at the recovery of such a huge amount of cash from the DFO's residence. (AFP) Guwahati, June 14: More cash and gold ornaments tumbled out of disgraced Dhemaji divisional forest officer Mahat Chandra Talukdar's closets on the second day of search at his Pinaki Path residence near Zoo Road Tiniali here today.

Source: The Telegraph June 14, 2016 21:45 UTC