New Delhi: Since the announcement of the dates of the Lok Sabha elections in March, enforcement agencies have seized cash and contraband amounting to Rs. 2,600 crore as of Apr. 17 when compared to the Rs. 1,200 crore during the general election in 2014.
Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sunil Arora confirmed that the total seizure of cash, liquor, gold and other items surpassed a staggering Rs. 2,628 crore. As per the figures, the highest seizures were recorded from Gujarat to the tune of Rs. 543 crore followed by Tamil Nadu where sleuths seized cash and contraband amounting to Rs. 514 crore. Other States with seizures worthy of mentioning were the national capital region with Rs. 390 crore and Andhra Pradesh with Rs. 216 crore.
