Authorities in various Indian states have been seizing significant amounts of cash, gold, and banned items like gutka. In Tamil Nadu, election officials confiscated ₹3.41 crore in cash, fabric, and gutka. In West Bengal, ₹7 crore in cash was seized during the Lok Sabha elections. Arunachal Pradesh reported over ₹11.46 crore in seizures after simultaneous polls were announced. Additionally, gold worth ₹140 crore was seized in Bengal this month, and DRI officials confiscated gold worth ₹6.6 crore in Odisha.
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#ArunachalPradesh Chief Electoral Officer Pawan Kr Sain says over Rs. 11.46 crore seizures has been made till March 30 after announcement of simultaneous polls in the state. Commission is committed to deposit of 100% armed licenses in the state before the polling. State has… https://t.co/VQaTKs4Cge
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In 12 days since Lok Sabha elections were announced, Rs 7 crore in cash seized from West Bengal: EC https://t.co/p3Rkm3ARux
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Election officials have so far seized ₹3.41 crore in cash, fabric and gutka (banned tobacco products) in all the eight Assembly constituencies of Erode district, Tamil Nadu https://t.co/GpAmiZcjJ5