"The Election Commission has sought the assistance of the Investigation directorate of the Income Tax department. The role of the directorate is to provide assistance for free and fair elections in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry by controlling the role of unaccounted funds in election process," Income Tax, Investigation Directorate, Additional Director, V Roy Jose said in an official release.
Persons with knowledge of storage or movement of large amount of cash are requested to pass on the information through the facilities available, he said.
Tamil Nadu and Puducherry will go to the polls on May 16.