Rs 1.57 crore in cash seized in poll-bound Huzurabad

Karimnagar: District election authorities have seized so far Rs 1.57 crore in cash during checkings in the run up to the Huzurabad by-poll on October 30. Besides the cash, gold and silver ornaments, liquor and other material were also seized from persons who could not produce valid documents for the valuables and the cash. District […]

Karimnagar: District election authorities have seized so far Rs 1.57 crore in cash during checkings in the run up to the Huzurabad by-poll on October 30. Besides the cash, gold and silver ornaments, liquor and other material were also seized from persons who could not produce valid documents for the valuables and the cash.

District Collector RV Karnan, in a statement released on Sunday, said check-posts were established in different places besides forming static surveillance, flying squad and police teams to check illegal transportation of money, liquor and other material for distribution among voters before the October 30 by-election.

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Besides Rs 1,57,18,727 in cash, 30 grams gold (worth Rs 1.5 lakh), 14 kg silver (worth Rs 9.1 lakh), 900 litres if liquor (worth Rs 5.34 lakh), 66 sarees and 50 shirts worth of Rs 2.21 lakh and 3.51 kg of ganja have been seized by poll authorities in the constituency so far.

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