The Deputy Election Commissioner of India, Alok Shukla, will be reviewing the election preparedness in Punjab on Sunday in ludhiana. Supreet Singh Gulati, Additional CEO said that Shukla would preside over a meeting at 11.00 am to review every aspect of the comprehensive election arrangements being made in Punjab.
Interacting with the media, Gulati informed that paramilitary forces have been deployed at all 39 inter-State entries adjoining Information collection centres to check any flow of money, drug or illicit liquor.
At present 35 companies of PMFs have been already put on election related duties and 147 more companies were expected to report in the State by April 26. Al least 11 cases of Model Code of Conduct violations have been reported to the ECI.
Besides this, 76 FIRs have been registered for putting posters or hoardings without permission. Till date 2,592 FIRs have already been registered out of which 2,260 by Punjab Police and 166 each by Static Surveillance Teams and Flying Squads.
Till date the SSTs have seized Rs 1.29 crore and referred Rs 5.73 crore to Income Tax Department. Similarly, Punjab Police and Flying Squads have seized Rs 40 lakh and Rs 6.70 crore respectively besides referring Rs 1.40 crore and Rs 85 lakh respectively to I-T Department. He informed that total 4,668 litres of illicit liquor and 207.5 kilo of poppy husk has been recovered in the last one day.