The Chief
Electoral Officer said he had ordered the excise/police officials to
implement a 48-hour total prohibition (5 p.m. on Friday to 5 p.m. on
Sunday) by ensuring closure of retail liquor outlets.
Rs. 8 crore seized
Mr.
Bhanwar Lal said cash seized so far had amounted to Rs. 8 crore, very
high, considering the fact that merely seven Assembly constituencies
were going to polls.
In a complaint, the YSR Congress
Party alleged that money was sought to be distributed to voters on
behalf of Telugu Desam Party candidate in Kovur S. Chandramohan Reddy.
Probe
Meanwhile,
the Chief Electoral Officer ordered an enquiry in Mahabubnagar district
into a complaint by the Telangana Rashtra Samiti that the police had
booked a false case against its candidate in Kollapur J. Krishna Rao.
The complaint said that cash was brought to Pedakarupamula in jeeps by
Congress leaders for distribution to voters.
Instead
of taking action against them, the police booked a case under Section
307 of the PIC against Mr. Rao when one of the jeeps was found burnt
down.
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