Continuing their war against crime, the Doda Police and flying squad team yesterday seized a large quantity of illicit liquor and money in lakhs.
As per Doda Police based on specific information received through reliable sources, cops from Police Station Gandoh along with flying squad team of Bhaderwah headed by Inspector Parvez Ahmed Khanday and Naib Tehsildar, Mohd Azeem recovered 88 bottles of illicit liquor along with a cash of Rs. 3,41,970 from the possession of one Susheel Kumar, son of Pritam Singh, resident of Kuthyara, Gandoh.
He was arrested on the spot and a case in FIR number 32/2024 under relevant Sections of law has been registered at Police Station Gandoh in this connection and investigation started.
According to the EC data issued on April 15, cash worth ₹ 1.2 crores, liquor worth ₹ 63 lakh, drugs worth ₹ 2.35 crores, precious metals worth ₹ 25,800 crores, and freebies and other items worth ₹ 5.59 lakh were seized in Jammu and Kashmir.
“Total seizures in J-K are worth ₹ 4.2 crore,” it said.
Similarly, all items amounting to ₹ 11,580 were seized in Ladakh, including liquor, making it the lowest seizure among all the states and union territories.
The EC has stated that its crackdown will continue ahead of the Lok Sabha polls. Among the 36 states and Union territories, Jammu and Kashmir ranks 30th in seizures.
The enforcement agencies have made a record seizure of over ₹ 4650 crores in the EC’s resolute fight against money power even before yesterday’s first phase of polling for the 18th Lok Sabha elections.
This marks a sharp increase over the ₹ 3,475 crores seized during the entire Lok Sabha election in 2019. Significantly, 45 per cent of the seizures are of drugs and narcotics, which are under the special focus of the Commission, it added.
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