Rs 240cr worth of cash, liquor seized so far
Andhra Pradesh leading the states in terms of black money seizures
By : DC Correspondent
Update: 2014-04-24 03:17 GMT
New Delhi: With the sixth phase of polling scheduled for Thursday, the Election Commission’s intensified efforts to seized black money and liquor have yielded Rs 240 crore in cash and crores of litres of liquor and drugs. With Andhra Pradesh leading the states in terms of black money seizures.
Sources in the poll panel stated that so far Rs 240 crore in cash, including Rs 102 crore in Andhra Pradesh, Rs 39 crore in Tamil Nadu and Rs 20.53 crore in Karnataka.
Sleuths of various agencies and security forces have also recovered illicit liquor to the tune of 1.32 crore litres, besides 104 kg of heroin. Till April 17, when the fifth phase of polling ended, Election Commission had seized more than Rs 216 crore in cash and above one crore litres of liquor across the country.