EC seizes liquor in J&K ahead of polls

The Election Commission of India has informed that ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, cash, liquor, drugs, and freebies worth over Rs. 4 crore were seized in Jammu and Kashmir by the authorities,

According to the data provided by EC, cash worth Rs 1.2 crores, liquor worth Rs 63 lakh, drugs worth Rs 2.35 crore, precious metals worth Rs 25,800 crore, and freebies and other items worth Rs 5.59 lakh were seized in Jammu and Kashmir ahead of the elections on the anvil.

The poll body is on track for the highest-ever seizures of inducements recorded in the history of Lok Sabha elections in India, with seizures totaling Rs. 4650 crores, which is an increase of Rs 175 crore as compared to that of in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. And only the first phase of polling is about to begin.