# MP gun raid yields Rs 3 crore hidden in cupboard 2026-08-17T10:00:15+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 2 independent outlets Police in Madhya Pradesh's Sagar district searching for an illegal weapon recovered around Rs 3 crore in cash from a locked cupboard. The raid was part of a drive against social media accounts showing people posing with firearms. Officers went to the Gopalganj home of Saurabh Ahirwar after identifying a profile with a pistol photo. No weapon was found, but four bags of currency notes were discovered. Counting with an electronic machine took until midnight and was videographed. Family members said the cash belonged to a relative, Ramesh Ahirwar, a PWD engineer in Bhopal, who allegedly left it eight to nine months ago. NDTV and India Today report that police are verifying this claim. The money's source and ownership are under investigation, and the Income Tax Department may be informed. The cash will be handed over to the appropriate authorities. ## Coverage - ndtv.com - indiatoday.in This story was synthesised by AI from the 2 sources linked above. Updated: this story now draws on 2 sources. Last updated 2026-08-17T11:52:22+00:00. Tags: Madhya Pradesh police, Rs 3 crore Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/madhya-pradesh-police-find-rs-3-crore-in-cupboard-during-gun-search/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/madhya-pradesh-police-find-rs-3-crore-in-cupboard-during-gun-search/#story-in-brief How this brief was made: an AI model read the reports linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. Stance labels are editorial classifications of how each outlet framed this story, assigned by the same model, not ratings of the outlets. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/