The Election Commission has made total seizures worth over ₹7 crore in the last 24 hours. With this, the total seizures since March 16 when the Model Code of Conduct (MCC) came into force in Karnataka touched ₹27.62 crore. This includes cash, liquor, drugs, and precious metals.
After MCC came into force, the amount of cash seized was ₹5.85 crore, while liquor worth ₹21.48 crore, narcotics worth ₹15.21 lakh, and freebies worth ₹ 5.87 lakh were seized, said a release from the office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Karnataka.
A total of 205 FIRs have been registered with regard to seizures of cash, liquor, drugs, precious metals, and freebies.
