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Lok Sabha polls: Liquor worth ₹1.13 crore in last 24 hours

In a major pre-poll election seizure on Saturday, the Excise Department confiscated 12,191.40 litres of Indian Made Liquor (IML) worth ₹1,13,80,101 at KSBCL depot, Madanayakanalli, in Chickballapur parliamentary constituency in Bengaluru Urban district.

The Election Commission has made total seizures worth over ₹65.12 crore since March 16 when the model code of conduct (MCC) came into force in Karnataka. This includes cash, liquor, drugs, and precious metals.

After MCC came into force, the amount of cash seized was ₹21.85 crore, while liquor worth ₹28.69 crore, narcotics worth ₹1.6 crore and freebies worth ₹ 82.12 lakh were confiscated, according to a release from the office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Karnataka.

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