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Delhi polls: I-T sets up control room with toll free number for black money info

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Press Trust of India New Delhi
Last Updated : Jan 10 2020 | 10:35 AM IST

The Income-Tax Department here has launched a 24x7 control room to monitor black money and illegal inducements in poll-bound Delhi, officials said on Friday.

The facility will also host a toll-free number- 1800117574 - where people can inform the department about any activity of use of money power, illegal distribution of cash among other such election-related crimes.

The control room has been established in the investigation wing of the department here.

Assembly elections to the seventy seats in Delhi will be held on February 8.

The state is expected to witness a triangular contest among the ruling AAP, the BJP and the Congress.

The results are scheduled to be declared on February 11.

The Election Commission (EC) has also appointed 22 IRS officers of the I-T Department as expenditure observers for these polls.

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First Published: Jan 10 2020 | 10:35 AM IST

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