Rs 1.10 cr cash, 3,152 litres illicit liquor seized in Punjab

Over Rs one crore unaccountable cash and 3,152 litres of illicit liquor have been recovered in the past 24 hours from various parts of Punjab, which is going to Lok Sabha polls on April 30.
"About Rs 75 lakh were recovered from Amritsar city, Rs 23.67 lakh from Jalandhar city and Rs 9.75 lakh from Bathinda," said Supreet Singh Gulati, Punjab's Additional CEO.
The money had been handed over to the Income Tax department for further action.
Besides, 3,152 litres of illicit liquor, 13,292 bottles of country made liquor have also been recovered during the last 24 hours, he added.

Meanwhile, Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) V K Singh has ordered to transfer an executive engineer of power discom Daljeet Singh and an police Inspector Bachan Singh with immediate effect.
Gulati said the action had been taken against Daljeet Singh, posted at Faridkot, as he is a close relative of Sadhu Singh, the Aam Adami Party candidate from Faridkot Lok Sabha constituency.

Bachan Singh is a relative of Sher Singh Ghubaya, a SAD-BJP candidate from Ferozepur constituency. He has been transferred to Amritsar till the completion of poll process.
The CEO has also sought detailed report on carpeting of roads and installation of electricity poles in Lambi Lok Sabha constituency in alleged violation of Model Code of Conduct (MCC) as reported in a section of media from Muktsar's Deputy Commissioner.

Besides, the Deputy Commissioner of Hoshiarpur has been asked to send a report regarding a complaint received against alleged violation of MCC in which it was alleged that Municipal Council's vehicles were being used for Narendra Modi's proposed election rally preparations.