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Valuables worth Rs 3.62 crore including cash Rs 1.07 crore confiscated during checking in Jalandhar
Administration committed to ensure free, fair and transparent polls in Jalandhar by strictly implementing Model Code of Conduct-DC Ghanshyam Thori
Babushahi Bureau
Jalandhar, February 4, 2022: Reflecting upon the Jalandhar administration’s commitment to ensure free, fair, and transparent polls by strictly implementing a model code of conduct, the surveillance teams have impounded valuables worth Rs. 3.62 crore including cash to the tune of Rs. 1.07 crore during the checking at different locations in the district.
Divulging the details, Deputy Commissioner Ghanshyam Thori said that the administration has deployed several expert teams to keep a close tab over the movement of cash and other valuables, which could possibly be used to allure voters for the forthcoming polls.
As many as 81 Static Surveillance teams, 27 VSTs, 81 Flying Squad Teams, 18 Video Viewing Teams, Nine Accounting Teams, Nine Assistant Expenditure Observers, Excise, and Police Teams have been deployed for all nine assembly segments in Jalandhar, he said, adding that over 1000 officials working in these teams have been entrusted with the task to check the flow of money and other material so that elections were conducted in an impartial and transparent manner.
Thori further mentioned that the team members have been keeping a track of cash and valuables so that these material and money could not be used as freebies to allure voters.
Pointing out further, the DC said that nearly 2.12 lakh liters of liquor amounting Rs. 71 lakh has been seized and subsequently destroyed by the officials, followed by drugs & narcotic substances worth Rs. 1.69 crore by Flying Squads, SSTs and Police officials during their checking. Likewise, other items including laptop, pressure cookers and Sarees amounting Rs. 16 lakh have also been seized after the implantation of model code of conduct in the district, he said.
The Deputy Commissioner reiterated his commitment that provisions of model code of conduct were being enforced in the district in letter and spirit so as to ensure level playing field to all the stakeholders besides making sure that voters don’t get swayed by the freebies offered by candidates and political parties.