The election teams in different districts of Assam have seized a total of Rs 60.34 lakh so far since the enforcement of Model Code of Conduct.
Additional Chief Electoral Officer, Assam, Nitin Khade said this on Tuesday while adding that 23,323 out of the total 32,237 legal arms have so far been deposited to the concerned authorities by the concerned owners in different places.
“A total of Rs 60,34,000 have been recovered by the surveillance teams in different parts of the State till last night. The bearers of the money failed to provide any valid documents against the transaction of the amounts and those have been seized under violation of model code of conduct in the poll bound State,” Khade said. “Besides, we have seized 57 illegal arms and 172 rounds of ammunition from different areas of the state during intensified operations by the police and other security forces,”Khade said while adding that a total of 1,479 non-bailable warrants have so far been executed since imposition of the model code of conduct.
It may be mentioned here that 126-member Assam legislative assembly is going to polls in two phases-first on April 4 and second on April 11.
Khade said that a total of 355 teams of the Election Commission will monitor the enforcement of model code of conduct and that the political parties are adhering to the model code of conduct. Apart from this, he said, 394 flying squads have already arrived in the state to monitor the situation, followed by 361 surveillance teams.