Liquor worth Rs 98.52 crore seized in Karnataka's Chamarajanagar LS constituency
Karnataka Excise department seizes liquor worth Rs 98.52 crore in Chamarajanagar ahead of Lok Sabha polls. Income Tax and SST also seize cash totaling Rs 3.53 crore. 1.22 crore litres of beer seized in Chamarajanagar, Rs 2.20 crore seized in Bengaluru North, Rs 35 lakh in Gulbarga, and Rs 45 lakh in Udupi-Chikkamagaluru.
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Ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, the Karnataka Excise department has seized liquor worth Rs 98.52 crore from Chamarajanagar constituency in Mysuru Rural district, the Election Commission (EC) said.
The Income Tax (I-T) department and the Static Surveillance Team (SST) have also seized cash worth Rs 3.53 crore.
According to the EC, 1.22 crore litres of beer worth Rs 98.52 crore was seized from Chamarajanagar on Thursday.
The I-T department seized Rs 2.20 crore from Bengaluru North parliamentary constituency, the EC said.
The SST seized Rs 35 lakh cash during checking in Gulbarga constituency in Kalaburagi district and Rs 45 lakh in Udupi-Chikkamagaluru constituency.
The Lok Sabha elections will be held in two phases in Karnataka on April 26 and May 7.
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