Over Rs 269 crore in cash seized; 132 crore litres liquor

Over Rs 269 crore of cash has been seized so far by the Election Commission (EC)-appointed teams, with Andhra Pradesh topping the list.
Acording to official data prepared till today, the EC-appointed Election Expenditure Observers have so far seized a total of Rs 129 crore in cash in Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra Rs 33.46 crore, Rs. 19.87 crore in Tamil Nadu, Rs. 12.29 crore in Karnataka, over Rs 12 crore in Uttar Pradesh and over Rs 5 crore in Punjab including numerous other small seizures in other states.
Also, the total liquor seized stands at 132 crore litres, heroin 104 kg while more than 12,000 FIRs have been registered against distribution of cash and illegal inducements in various states.

A senior official, who is a part of the EC-appointed team, said surveillance teams drawn from IRS and other central services have been deputed to all Lok Sabha and assembly constituencies and they are reporting cash seizure instances since the polls were declared on March 5.
The Commission, as part of its measures to curb black money in the polls, has deployed the 'expenditure observers' drawn from central revenue services like the Income Tax and Customs and Excise departments.
The EC, in order to keep a track of huge cash during the polls, has also asked the Central Board of Direct Taxes and the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU), both agencies under the Union Finance Ministry, to keep a watch through their intelligence and investigative tools during the poll period.