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3.37 crore cash, 8.6 kg gold seized by poll officials in Bengaluru

Election duty officials on Tuesday seized 8.6 kg of gold worth ₹1.47 crore and cash of ₹3.37 crore in Bengaluru.

Published on: Apr 5, 2023, 12:13:57 IST
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Election duty officials on Tuesday seized 8.6 kg of gold worth 1.47 crore and cash of 3.37 crore in Bengaluru.

Around 47,030 litres of liquor was also seized. (PTI Photo/For representative purposes)
Around 47,030 litres of liquor was also seized. (PTI Photo/For representative purposes)

In its daily bulletin, the office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of Karnataka said the flying squad and police seized gold worth 1.47 crore in C V Raman Nagar constituency whereas the Income Tax Department seized 3.37 crore cash in Padmanabha Nagar constituency. This besides, 47,030 litres of liquor was seized.

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Cumulatively, cash worth 17.36 crore, 3.28 lakh litres of liquor worth 22.35 crore, 82.85 kg drugs worth 42.66 lakh, 22.691 kg gold worth 8.51 crore and 93.563 kg silver worth 65.19 lakh and freebies worth 11.79 crore were seized.

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The worth of total seizures made by all the teams together since the Model Code of Conduct came into effect includes cash, material, liquor, drug, etc of about 61 crore, the bulletin said.

 
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