The Income Tax department, police and state excise has seized Rs 19.82 crore 'unaccounted' cash, Rs 38.36 crore gold, Rs 13.64 crore worth liquor and drugs and psychotropic substances worth Rs 3.96 crore across Maharashtra. The seizures were made by the police after code of conduct for the Lok Sabha elections was announced.
An Election Commission of India (ECI) official said the seizures of cash and gold were subject to investigations and the stash could be returned to the owners if they accounted for it.
IT officials have also seized cash worth Rs 6.20 crore from the Zaveri Bazaar area in Mumbai after the code of conduct for the Lok Sabha elections were announced. Zaveri Bazaar has been declared as 'expenditure sensitive.' "These are doubtful transactions and there are chances that the money may have been used during the elections," said Mumbai city collector Shivajirao Jondhale, adding this could be illegal cash.
He added that banks have been instructed to inform the Election Commission in case of suspicious transactions like dormant accounts being suddenly used for transactions.
The ECI has received 60 complaints of violation of the code of conduct in the Mumbai city district through it's CVigil app of which 55 include posters and banners being put up illegally, have been acted upon.
The collectorate has deleted names of 70,000 duplicate and deceased voters from the list from May 20, 2018. The city has 2,601 polling booths and 2,666 voters have registered themselves as persons with disabilities and 310 service voters.
Around 16,000 staff have been pressed into election duty in the 10 state assembly seats that cover the two Lok Sabha seats in Mumbai city.