T he Election Commission of India (ECI) has directed the Central Industrial Security Force (CSIF) and local police teams to check for any cash and bullion worth over `10 lakh being carried by passengers in flights coming in or leaving the State during the lok Sabha elections, and report any breach of the rules to the Income Tax Department.
The Income Tax Department has ben directed to register cases of violation of the code and make further investigation. The IT Department has, in turn, entrusted the job to its investigation wing.
The Chief Income Tax Commissioner has also
constituted teams comprising Income Tax Officers and Inspectors. Filed units have been set up in all 51 districts of the State. Every unit comprises an officer of the rank of Assistant Income Tax Commissioner and three Income Tax Inspectors. Similar monitoring will be undertaken at railways stations also.
The Commission has directed to undertake special monitoring in the lok Sabha constituencies where there is suspicion of excessive election expenses. Such constituencies should be identified at expenses-sensitive pockets and specially monitored. The Commission is appointing Assistant Expenses Observers in all Vidhan Sabha constituencies. These Assistant Expenses Observers have been directed to submit their reports to Election Expenses Observer posted at the headquarters of lok Sabha constituency regularly.