<p>Srinagar:<strong> </strong>To ensure a level playing field for all parties ahead of Lok Sabha polls, the Election Commission of India (ECI) cracked its whip in Jammu and Kashmir seizing cash, liquor, drugs and freebies worth Rs 4 crore.</p><p>"In J&K, cash worth Rs 1.24 crore, liquor worth Rs 63,00,640, drugs worth Rs 2.35 crore, precious metal worth Rs 25800, freebies/other items worth Rs 5,59,150 were seized in Jammu and Kashmir," a statement of the EC reads.</p><p>The total seizures in J&K are worth Rs 4.28 crore, it said. </p><p>The ECI is on track for the highest ever seizures of inducements recorded in the 75-year history of Lok Sabha elections in the country.</p>.Seizures worth Rs 100 crore being made every day to check influence of money power in polls: EC.<p>Overall, the ECI statement said Rs 100 crore cash has been seized each day since March 1, 2024 across the country and a total of Rs. 4650 crores have been seized even before polling has begun.</p><p>“There will be multi-pronged surveillance on all modes of transport - check posts and nakas for road transport, coast guard for coastal routes and DMs and SPs alongside agencies for air routes including checking of helicopters and non-scheduled flights,” it added.</p>
<p>Srinagar:<strong> </strong>To ensure a level playing field for all parties ahead of Lok Sabha polls, the Election Commission of India (ECI) cracked its whip in Jammu and Kashmir seizing cash, liquor, drugs and freebies worth Rs 4 crore.</p><p>"In J&K, cash worth Rs 1.24 crore, liquor worth Rs 63,00,640, drugs worth Rs 2.35 crore, precious metal worth Rs 25800, freebies/other items worth Rs 5,59,150 were seized in Jammu and Kashmir," a statement of the EC reads.</p><p>The total seizures in J&K are worth Rs 4.28 crore, it said. </p><p>The ECI is on track for the highest ever seizures of inducements recorded in the 75-year history of Lok Sabha elections in the country.</p>.Seizures worth Rs 100 crore being made every day to check influence of money power in polls: EC.<p>Overall, the ECI statement said Rs 100 crore cash has been seized each day since March 1, 2024 across the country and a total of Rs. 4650 crores have been seized even before polling has begun.</p><p>“There will be multi-pronged surveillance on all modes of transport - check posts and nakas for road transport, coast guard for coastal routes and DMs and SPs alongside agencies for air routes including checking of helicopters and non-scheduled flights,” it added.</p>