India, Jan. 15 -- Election flying squads on Wednesday afternoon seized 54 envelopes, containing Rs.1,000 each, from an unclaimed piece of luggage at Pratiksha Nagar, Sion.

"When the enforcement teams landed there, the people handling the cash fled, leaving the money behind," said an official involved in monitoring violations of the model code of conduct. "Locals protested when the election teams tried to take the money away, and additional police teams from Govandi's police stations had to be summoned to take custody of the cash. It will now be handed over to the income-tax department."

The official added that another Rs.20 lakh was recovered on Tuesday evening from an Innova at a checkpoint opposite the Trauma Care Hospital at Jogeshwa...