Hyderabad DEO Orders Daily Suspicious Cash Transaction Reports

HYDERABAD: The Hyderabad district election authority ordered bank managers to report all the suspicious cash transactions and unaccounted cash transactions every day to the election nodal officers.

Hyderabad district electoral officer (DEO) Ronald Rose, the GHMC commissioner, issued the direction to bank managers at a meeting on on Thursday.  “Suspicious transactions in banks should be monitored daily and their information should be sent on the next day before 10 am,” Rose said.

He said that details of money transfers from one account to multiple accounts through UPI including Google Pay, PhonePe, Paytm should be furnished. “Banks should install GPS to the vehicles used to deposit cash in ATMs and every vehicle will be inspected as per model code of conduct (MCC) guidelines,” he said.

On electoral rolls, he said that having an Election Photo Identity Card (EPIC) does not make a person eligible to vote; people should check their name in the voter list. Meanwhile, Rose along with Hyderabad police commissioner Sandeep Shandilya and officials of Hyderabad collectorate inspected a few distribution, reception and counting centres.