Karnataka becomes second top state in poll-related seizures at 152 crores

Team Udayavani, May 6, 2018, 10:50 AM IST

Bengaluru/New Delhi: In a questionable qualification with May 12 Assembly election, Karnataka with over Rs 152 crore money, illegal alcohol and merchandise seizures has just turned into the top second state in the nation in terms of such poll related confiscation. 

The southern state is the 22nd to go to polls for choosing another assembly since the 2014 Lok Sabha election. 

Uttar Pradesh topped the list with a total seizure of Rs 193.29 crore recorded in 2017 elections, as per Election Commission information. 

Karnataka just surpassed Tamil Nadu where Rs 130.99 crore seizures were made in 2016 aeembly. 

On Saturday, the Election Commission said money and different merchandise worth over Rs 152 crore were seized in the past couple of days in the election bound Karnataka. There is a plausibility of more seizures previously the May 12 surveys as political gatherings are urgently endeavoring to prevail upon voters in the state. 

While Rs 67.27 crore in cash has been seized, law authorization offices have reallocated gold and silver worth more than Rs 43 crore from various parts of the state over the most recent couple of days. Alcohol committals worth Rs 23.36 crore have additionally been seized. 

The Income-Tax Department alone has seized Rs 20.43 crore in cash of the aggregate sum recouped from the state. 

In 2013 assembly elections, Election Commission information demonstrates that Rs 14 crore worth seizures were made in the state.