Rs 178 crore seized by EC teams at the end of assembly polls in five states

May 16, 2016 20:19

As polling in Assembly elections in the five states came to an end today, the Election Commission said its surveillance teams seized over Rs 178

crore in cash there.

Out of this, about Rs 54 crore was released after due verification process.

Tamil Nadu topped the tally of total seizure of cash where a latest Election Commission data said the figure went upto Rs 112.89 crore even as election expenditure monitoring teams released Rs 46.80 crore as it was found that the cash was moving for bonafide purposes.

The latest EC data further states that out of the total Rs 24.66 crore seized in Kerala, Rs 1.67 crore was released after verification, as it was "not linked" to any political party or candidate trying their luck at the hustings.

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