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The Hindu
The Hindu
National
Sambasiva Rao M.

ECI seizes cash, liquor and other material worth about ₹302 crore since March 1 in Andhra Pradesh

The Election Commission of India (ECI) has seized cash, liquor and other material, all worth nearly ₹301.75 crore, between March 1 to May 18 as part of enforcing Election Seizure Management System in Andhra Pradesh.

As per the statistics released by the ECI on May 18 (Saturday), the worth of seizures across the country stood at ₹8,890 crore.

The break-up of the seizures in the State is as follows: cash of ₹85.32 crore, liquor (13,64,654.36 litres) costing ₹43.17 crore, drugs worth ₹5.7 crore, precious metals such as gold and silver worth ₹142.56 crore, and freebies and other items worth ₹25 crore.

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