After the announcement of Lok Sabha polls 2019 and model code of conduct in force, Haryana Excise and Income Tax Departments has so far seized liquor and cash amounting to Rs 8,25,08,533 (Rs 8.25 crore).
Haryana joint chief electoral officer, Inder Jeet said that the cash amount of Rs 75,77,685 has so far been recovered by the Police.
Apart from this, cash amount of Rs. 24,05,600 has been recovered by the Income Tax Department. Similarly, a total of Rs. 99,83,285 has been seized by the Police and Income Tax Departments, he said.
Giving more details, he said that 1,41,946 litres of liquor has so far been seized by the police which is worth Rs. 2,66,93,928.
A total of 11,638 litres of liquor has been seized by the Excise Department which is worth Rs 15,34,470. Thus, a total of 1,53,584 litres of liquor has been seized by the Excise and Police which is worth Rs. 2,82,28,398. Apart from this, the police
has also seized intoxicants worth Rs 4,42,96,850, he added.
The police has also recovered 1,13,429 bottles of countrymade liquor, 62,469 bottles of English liquor, 13,963 bottles of beer, 11,770 bottles of illicit liquor, 892.59 kg hemp, 643.80 kg poppy husk, 1581.28 gm heroin, 11.77 kg opium, 277.46 gm smack, 860 kg lahan, 18 bottle syrup, 1,200 capsules, 16,404 tablets, 6.37 kg charas, 1.54 kg sulfa, 163.35 kg green opium and 17 kg cocaine doda in the state, he added.
Inder Jeet further said that in order to maintain law and order in the state, 64,245 licensed arms have so far been deposited by the people in police stations across Haryana.
As many as 703 complaints related to violation of model code of conduct have been received on the cVIGIL app from across the state of which only six complaints are pending. It is a matter of pride that the public is ensuring its participation in the system through the ‘cVIGIL’ mobile app, he said.
The joint chief electoral officer also said that through this latest mobile application of the Election Commission of India, anyone can report incidents of violation of model code of conduct.
The person can take photographs or record two minutes of video and upload it on this app.
The photo and video will be uploaded to the app with GPS location and within 20 minutes after registering the complaint, the
concerned team will reach the location and efforts will be made to resolve the complaint within 100 minutes, he added.