Poll Officials Seize Rs 2 Crore Cash, 30,000 Set-Top Boxes In Puducherry

Officials of the Flying Squad of Kadirkamam, Thattanchavady, and Indira Nagar Assembly segments in the Puducherry region on Thursday intercepted a vehicle in Thanthai Periyar Nagar during a surprise check and seized the cash being transported in it.

Election flying squad officials seized Rs two crore cash being transported in a vehicle while set-top boxes worth about Rs two crore were recovered from a house in poll-bound Puducherry. Officials of the Flying Squad of Kadirkamam, Thattanchavady, and Indira Nagar Assembly segments in the Puducherry region on Thursday intercepted a vehicle in Thanthai Periyar Nagar during a surprise check and seized the cash being transported in it. Puducherry Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Shurbir Singh said in a release that though the people carrying the cash in the vehicle disclosed during enquiry that it was from a bank they could not present valid documents to show the destination it was being taken to. He said suspicion arose that the cash was intended for "illegal distribution to the voters while the Model Code of Conduct for Assembly polls is in force."