NE NEWS SERVICE
CHENNAI, APR 3
The Chief Electoral Officer Satyabrata Sahoo on Sunday said in Tamil Nadu total cash and kind seizure stands at Rs 428.46 crore. The total cash seizure alone was Rs 225.5 crore, the rest being precious metal such as gold, besides liquor.
” Last 72 hours are extremely sensitive from expenditure stand point. Towards this, round the clock surveillance along with CAPF (Central Armed Police Forces) teams has been taken up,” a release from CEO said.
Patrolling has been strengthened during night and early morning along with expenditure teams and this has resulted in significant seizure in the last 24 hours.
This included cash seizure of Rs 91.56 lakh in Ranipet district, Rs 1.23 crore in Thousand lights constituency, Chennai and Rs 1.15 crore at Veerapandi, Salem, it said.
It further said that in Tamil Nadu, 105 expenditure sensitive constituencies have been identified and extra efforts as mandated by Election Commission were strengthened.
As many as 118 Expenditure Observers have been drafted to monitor expenditure by candidates and political parties, the commission added.
