Election Department officials and police intercepted a car near Pasalikuttai village on the Tirupattur-Bengaluru Highway on Monday and seized ₹3.5 lakh cash from the occupant.
With the counting of votes yet to be taken up, the Election Department officials have been asked to intensify their vigil on cash movement and transactions.
Business transactions
The occupant of the car, Krishnan, 34, said he was carrying the cash for his business transactions and the officials asked him to produce necessary documents to claim on the cash seized from him.
The cash was handed over to Election Tahsildar Ananthakrishnan, an election department officer said.