Over Rupees one crore of unaccounted money and foreign currency was seized by the administration in Bihar, according to Election Commission officials.
Over Rs one crore of unaccounted money and foreign currency was seized by the administration in Bihar as the campaign to enforce the Model Code of Conduct for elections intensified in various parts of the election bound state.
The police seized Rs 1.1 crore from a Scorpio vehicle at Damodarpur village under Mehsi police station in East Champaran district, after it was stopped for checking late this evening between Motihari and Muzaffarpur districts on National Highway-28, said a senior official.
Five persons on board the vehicle have been taken into custody and were questioned. The Income Tax department and other officials have been alerted about the recovery of the cash.
Additional Chief Election Officer R Lakshmanan, over Rs 11.46 lakh unaccounted Indian currency was seized from three places of the state today. While Rs 8,25,555 were seized in Vikramganj in Rohtas district, Rs 1,70,650 was recovered at Sitamarhi district and another Rs 1,50,000 from the Aurangabad district.
Officials also said that a man was arrested in Madhubani district with 67,00 Nepali currency, 196 Qatar, 10,000 Indonesian currency along with currencies of Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Bangladesh and Malaysia. The man held with the foreign currencies in Dewdha police station of Madhubani district, has been identified as Mohammad Salim, a resident of Dhanusha district of Nepal.
24,856 litres of illicit liquor was seized during the day and in Aurangabad, 85 kg of marijauna was nabbed during the exercise, said officials. 14 cases have been registered for defacing public property and 10 cases of misuse of vehicles.
According to officials, 11 weapons and 70 cartridges have been seized and total 868 non-bailable warrants have been executed so far.