The police have lodged a case and an investigation is on (Representational)
Coimbatore:
A person was caught with Rs 14.2 lakh in unaccounted money by authorities on the Tamil Nadu-Kerala border. He was travelling from Coimbatore to Thrissur in poll-bound Kerala on a bus when the police intercepted him.
The passenger, recognized as Vino from Ernakulam, was travelling with the wad of money hid in his shirt in violation of the Mannequin Code of Conduct, in place as a result of ongoing Lok Sabha elections. Below the Mannequin Code, persons are solely allowed to journey with Rs 50,000 and should have crucial paperwork to hold greater than the permitted quantity.
A case has been registered and an investigation is on, the police stated.
Kerala goes to polls on Friday. Whereas elections are over in Tamil Nadu, flying squads proceed to watch the motion of unaccounted money in districts bordering states which are but to finish the election train.
Lately, the Election Fee stated that Rs 4,000 crore value of seizures – at the least Rs 1,000 crore greater than seizures forward of 2019 polls – have been made earlier than the primary part of polls on April 19.
Nevertheless, the ballot panel was criticised for failing to convict these accused of giving money and freebies for votes.
Calling the Fee’s efforts ”superficial”, the Madurai bench of the Madras Excessive Courtroom final week directed the ballot panel to furnish the standing of those circumstances and particulars of convictions.