Rs74-cr items seized: Punjab Chief Electoral Officer

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, January 23

Various enforcement teams have seized valuables worth Rs 74.90 crore in violation of the Model Code of Conduct till January 22.

Giving details in this regard, Punjab Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Dr S Karuna Raju today said the surveillance teams had seized 11.38 lakh litres of liquor worth Rs 3.62 crore. Similarly, the enforcement wings have also recovered psychotropic substances worth Rs 56.17 crores besides confiscating unaccounted cash of Rs 14.05 crore, he added.

The Chief Electoral Officer revealed that as many as 1,140 vulnerable hamlets had been identified. Besides, 2,555 persons have been identified as probable sources of trouble, he said, adding that out of these persons preventive action had already been initiated against 1,426 persons while the remaining would also be brought to book. He also informed that from a security point of view 287 persons have been bound down under preventive sections of the CrPC.

He said as many as 2,366 cases of non-bailable warrants had been executed, while execution in 173 cases was under process. As many as 9,077 nakas were operational across the state, he added.

As per the directions of the EC, Dr Raju said of total 3,90,275 licensed weapons in the state, 3,69,086 had been deposited till date. Whereas, 41 unlicensed weapons have been seized.—

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