Police personnel accompanying election surveillance staff in Chennai seized 8kg of gold, 83kg of silver and ₹62 lakh in cash in one day, as people carrying them did not have relevant documents to establish that they were being taken for legitimate purposes.
A special cell has been set up under the Additional Commissioner of Police (North), R. Dhinakaran, the designated nodal officer, to implement various instructions of the Election Commission (EC) and co-ordinate security arrangements for campaigning, deployment of personnel to flying squads and surveillance teams in six Lok Sabha constituencies which come under the limits of the Chennai city police.
In all, 77 flying squads and an equal number of static surveillance teams have been constitued to conduct checks round-the-clock at vantage points of the city.
Other seizures
The police said the personnel attached to the flying squad team intercepted a car on Waltax Road on Friday morning and on inspection, they seized 6.28kg of gold jewellery and bars.
Another team conducted a vehicle check in Flower Bazaar station limits and recovered 1.9kg of gold and ₹30 lakh in cash. A special team led by Assistant Commissioner of Police, Flower Bazaar, inspected a premises on Anumantharayan Street and seized 83kg of silver ornaments. Another team seized ₹31 lakh from Egmore.
