Gujarat Assembly polls: Cash, jewelry value Rs 10.5 crore seized by EC
By PTI
AHMEDABAD: Police and surveillance groups deployed by the Election Commission have to this point seized money and jewelry value Rs 10.49 crore, whereas greater than 91,000 individuals have been positioned beneath preventive detention within the run-up to the Assembly polls in Gujarat, an official has mentioned.
The mannequin code of conduct has been in drive since November 3 within the state the place elections might be held in two phases – on December 1 and 5.
“From November 3 till November 25, local police along with flying and static surveillance teams of the EC have seized Rs 4.01 crore in cash and Rs 6.48 crore worth of jewellery. Various narcotic substances worth Rs 61 crore have also been seized,” an official launch mentioned on Friday.
The police have, to this point, lodged greater than 29,800 instances beneath Prohibition legal guidelines and arrested 24,170 individuals with liquor value Rs 1351 crore.
Liquor sale and consumption are fully banned in Gujarat.
In all, 91,154 individuals have been put beneath preventive detention to this point beneath numerous provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure, Gujarat Prohibition Act and Gujarat Police Act, the discharge added.
AHMEDABAD: Police and surveillance groups deployed by the Election Commission have to this point seized money and jewelry value Rs 10.49 crore, whereas greater than 91,000 individuals have been positioned beneath preventive detention within the run-up to the Assembly polls in Gujarat, an official has mentioned.
The mannequin code of conduct has been in drive since November 3 within the state the place elections might be held in two phases – on December 1 and 5.
“From November 3 till November 25, local police along with flying and static surveillance teams of the EC have seized Rs 4.01 crore in cash and Rs 6.48 crore worth of jewellery. Various narcotic substances worth Rs 61 crore have also been seized,” an official launch mentioned on Friday.
The police have, to this point, lodged greater than 29,800 instances beneath Prohibition legal guidelines and arrested 24,170 individuals with liquor value Rs 1351 crore.
Liquor sale and consumption are fully banned in Gujarat.
In all, 91,154 individuals have been put beneath preventive detention to this point beneath numerous provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure, Gujarat Prohibition Act and Gujarat Police Act, the discharge added.
