Prevent use of black money in the election process, electoral officers told

The Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), Kerala, has asked the District Electoral Officers to monitor illegal money transactions in view of the Lok Sabha election.

They need to initiate steps to check it, says Sanjay M. Kaul at a meeting in Kochi on March 23 (Saturday) to review the election preparations in six districts including Ernakulam, Alappuzha, Kottayam, Thrissur, Palakkad, and Malappuram.

The officers will monitor suspicious banking transactions. The Income Tax department has set up a special control room to check use of unaccounted money as part of the election. Stringent checks have to be carried out in the district borders. The CCTV surveillance in check posts will be intensified, he said.