Rs 96.09 cr in cash, liquor of Rs 25.22 cr seized in poll-bound states

January 29, 2017 14:23

Over Rs 96 crore in cash, 14.27 lakh litres of liquor worth Rs 25.22 crore and more than 4,700 kg narcotics valued at Rs 19.83 crore have been seized, with the maximum from Uttar Pradesh and Punjab, by EC-appointed surveillance and expenditure monitoring teams in the five poll-bound states.

As per official data compiled since the announcement of polls early this month till Saturday, UP has witnessed the maximum seizure of cash at Rs 87.67 crore followed by Rs 6.60 crore from Punjab, Rs 1.27 crore in Goa, Rs 47.06 lakh in Uttarakhand and Rs 8.13 lakh in Manipur.

In other illegal inducements suspected to be used to lure voters in these states, a whopping 14.27 lakh litres of liquor worth Rs 25.22 crore has been seized by Election Commission appointed police and state excise teams in these states.

In UP these seizures were recorded at 8.01 lakh litres worth Rs 20.62 crore followed by over five lakh litres spirits worth Rs 2.69 crore seized in Punjab, over 36,000 litres liquor worth Rs 93.91 lakh in Uttarakhand, 71,000 litres worth Rs 81.80 lakh in Goa and beer and other hard spirits worth Rs 15.14 lakh in Goa.

In Punjab's Bathinda on Saturday, one lakh liquor bottles were seized by surveillance teams for which the valuation is being done, it said.

Drug seizures by the anti-narcotics agencies and police teams was seen maximum in Punjab as the total haul has been recorded at 4,774 kg valued at Rs 19.83 crore, with Punjab accounting for 2,632 kgs worth Rs 12.30 crore followed by Rs 2,035 kg worth Rs 4.89 crore seized in UP, over Rs two crore in Manipur, 6.85 kg of the same consignment worth Rs 34.22 lakh in Goa and about Rs 28.54 lakh worth contraband in Uttarakhand.

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