Haryana Director General of Police, Manoj Yadava on Tuesday said that illicit liquor, narcotics, unaccounted money and other inducements worth over Rs 18.43 crore has been seized across the state so far by the Police, flying squads and state surveillance teams, which are strictly monitoring the implementation of the model code of conduct in view of Lok Sabha polls.
Yadava said that State Police has been taking strict measures to check the illegal flow of money, liquor and drugs ahead of elections. Elaborate arrangements have been put in place to ensure free and fair elections so that public come to polling booths and exercise their franchise without any fear.
Elaborating about the progressive seizure report, Additional Director General of Police (Law and Order) Navdeep Singh Virk said that a total of 3,15,625 litres of liquor comprising Indian Made Foreign Liquor, beer and country made liquor with a value of over Rs 5.07 crore has been seized since parliamentary election schedule was announced by the Election Commission.
As a result of tight vigil which is being maintained across the state especially in bordering areas, Virk said that Police teams in Haryana have seized drugs/narcotics of more than Rs 9.12 crore. Similarly, unaccounted cash worth over Rs 3.11 crore have also been seized from different parts in the state. It has also seized precious metals worth around Rs 1.12 crore and freebies (gold/silver/ornaments) of Rs 33,000 since March 10 when the Model Code of Conduct came into force, he said.
He further said that in view of general elections, Haryana Additional Chief Secretary, Home SS Prasad and DGP Manoj Yadava will jointly hold a video conference for reviewing the poll preparedness with the police officers of the ranks of SP and above on May 2.