IANS | 22 Mar, 2019
Income Tax sleuths have made a seizure of Rs 57.10 lakh cash as
undisclosed money, making it the biggest cash seizure by the Directorate
General of Income Tax Investigationin in the North-East so far since
the notification of the general election.
"On intimation from the
Nagaland election monitoring authorities about interception of cash by a
patrol of Assam Rifles, a surveillance team of the Directorate in
Dimapur apprehended a person with the cash," an official said.
"The directorate made a seizure of Rs 57.10 lakh as undisclosed money," said the official on Friday.
With
the model code of conduct coming into force after the notification of
elections, election expenditure monitoring activities have been
initiated by all agencies requisitioned by the Election Commission.
On
March 20, the sleuths of the directorate seized an amount of Rs 34.90
lakh from Longding in Changlang district of Arunachal Pradesh.
The
Directorate has opened a 24x7 control room and complaint monitoring
cell in each of the seven states of the North-East. The cell has been
opened to check the flow of black money during the forthcoming Lok Sabha
elections.
The Income Tax Department has requested the people
to inform the Control Room about the movement of large amounts of cash
or valuables which may be used for bribing voters during the election
period.
