Kadapa: Rs 30L seized from home

Hyderabad: Going on with the spur-of-the-moment checks, in view of the Wednesday elections in Seemandhra region, the police and other officials have been carrying out the checking scrupulously. The police of CMR Palli have seized Rs 30L allegedly hidden in a home at CMR Palli of CK Dinni mandal in Kadapa district.

In a similar case, the police of fourth town have seized Rs 50L from a car near the bus stand in Kurnool from an Innova car. Apart from seizing the car and cash, the police have also held two persons involved in this crime. It is learnt that the Innova Car belongs to a leader of YSR Congress Party. More details are awaited.

In another incident, early on Tuesday, the police have caught the YSR Congress Party activists red-handed when they were allegedly distributing money at Yalamarru village of Pedaparapudi mandal in Krishna district. An amount of Rs 5L has been seized from them. More details are awaited.

It is worth mentioning here that a huge sum of Rs.140 cr in unaccounted cash has been seized during the ongoing assembly and Lok Sabha elections in Andhra Pradesh so far, according to the sources. The state accounts for more than half share in the Rs.272cr seized across the country. Apart from this, the police have also seized five lakh litres of liquor till last Saturday.

Banawar Lal, the Andhra Pradesh State Election Commissioner, at a previous instance said that a huge currency, liquor, gold and silver have been seized in view of the elections. He ordered the concerned authorities to intensify their checking as there was a possibility that more methods of transportation of money, liquor and gold will be opted in view of the Wednesday elections in Seemandhra.