Coimbatore: The Variety Hall Road police have registered a case against 12 people for trespassing into a polling station at Coimbatore South constituency with cash and paraphernalia bearing BJP symbols.
A flying squad in Thondamuthur assembly constituency had received a tip-off about BJP cadres carrying cash for distribution at the polling station on Maranna Gowder High School campus on Sullivan Street on Friday.
The squad seized six cars carrying unaccounted cash worth Rs 46,070, 10 gift vouches worth Rs 1,000, two gift vouchers worth Rs 2,000, stickers, towels, caps, flags, voters list, 17 cheque books, 11 debit cards and credit cards and two bank passbooks.
Police registered a case under Section 447 (punishment for criminal trespass), 188 (disobedience to order duly promulgated by public servant), and 171 E (punishment for bribery) of the Indian penal code.
The 12 people were arrested were later released on bail. Hours after the seizure, Coimbatore South assembly BJP candidate Vanathi Srinivasan said that the vehicles were not carrying cash for distribution and that police were spreading false information.