It’s raining cash, gold, liquor and freebies in poll-bound Karnataka ever since the election dates were announced. On Thursday, various teams seized cash of
Rs 4.45 crore in Nippani, Bhadravathi, Gadag and Nargund, an election commission bulletin said.
Apart from this, 62,826 litres of liquor worth nearly Rs 1.89 crore was confiscated by the Excise Department.
The Static Surveillance Team seized 725 grams of gold worth nearly Rs 45 lakh in Dharwad constituency of Dharwad district while the Flying Squad Team seized freebies worth more than Rs 34 lakh in Byatarayanapura Constituency in Bengaluru city, the bulletin said.
On Thursday, cash of Rs 4.61 crore, 395 grams of gold worth Rs 21.25 lakh and 28 kg gold worth Rs 19 lakh were seized in Belagavi’s Khanapur Taluk.
Cumulatively, cash of Rs 27.38 crore, liquor worth Rs 26.38 crore, drugs worth Rs 88 lakh, 25.24 kg gold worth Rs 9.87 crore and freebies worth Rs 12.49 crore have been seized. In Kalburgi area alone, a total of Rs 50 lakhs of unaccounted cash was seized on Thursday, officials said. This is the second such incident this month after a total of Rs 1 crore and 4.5 lakhs unaccounted cash was seized on April 1 (Saturday) in the Kalaburagi district of the southern state, officials said earlier in the month.
“Police seized Rs 50 lakhs of unaccounted cash during the day from a car at Dundur check post in Gadag district,” an official familiar with the matter said.
Forty-two checkposts have been set up in Kalaburagi district for the Karnataka Assembly election by the officials.
