Tuesday 16 April 2019

Rs 300 per voter: Rs 1.5-cr seized from Dhinakaran’s party men at Andipatti

Unaccounted cash worth Rs 1.48 crore was seized. It was neatly packed in 94 packets and envelops on which the ward number, number of voters and the amount of Rs 300 per voter was written
Lok Sabha elections 2019
The Income Tax Department Wednesday said it has caught Rs 1.48 crore money supposedly reserved to influence voters in Tamil Nadu’s Theni region, where a gathering bypoll is planned Thursday.
Unaccounted money worth Rs 1.48 crore was seized. It was flawlessly stuffed in 94 parcels and wraps on which the ward number, number of voters and the measure of Rs 300 for every voter was composed, I-T Director General (examinations) B Murali Kumar stated, after the medium-term attacks finished up at 5:30 AM.
“Every one of these wards are inside the Andipatti gathering fragment which is going to bypoll tomorrow,” the officer included. Kumar added that the premises have a place with a functionary of the AMMK party. Actually, the AMMK party office capacities from the beginning of the premises, he said. The office will send a report on the task to the Central Board of Direct Taxes and the Election Commission in New Delhi, a senior authority said.
The assessment office had propelled an inquiry at a store Tuesday night following contributions about speculated money. Amid the strikes, police needed to start shooting noticeable all around to scatter supporters of the TTV Dhinakaran-drove AMMK who questioned the activity.
The duty official said the “sworn proclamation of the individual present in the premises was recorded and he said that Rs 2 crore in real money was gotten there for conveyance to voters in Andipatti panchayat association region on April 16.” Describing the raids, the official said initially a group of party workers overpowered the flying squad persons, comprising district EC authorities and I-T officials, standing guard outside the premises…

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