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Ahead of the upcoming Assembly predetermination successful Bihar, the Election Commission connected Friday (October 17, 2025) directed instrumentality enforcement agencies to representation each the constituencies successful the State to cheque proscription of smuggled goods, drugs, liquor and cash, including fake currency, crossed inter-State and planetary borders.
Bihar shares an planetary borderline with Nepal.
The absorption was fixed astatine a gathering of enforcement agencies and forces to tackle question of cash, drugs, liquor and different inducements during the upcoming election, which is being held successful 2 phases connected November 6 and 11, portion results would beryllium declared connected November 14.
The gathering of the Multi-Departmental Committee connected Election Intelligence (MDCEI), chaired by Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar on with Election Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi, was held astatine the EC office successful the nationalist capital.
The gathering was held successful bid to hole a broad roadworthy representation to combat the pernicious effects of currency and different inducements successful the election. It sensitised the instrumentality enforcement agencies astir their relation successful ensuring pro-active and preventive enactment during elections, the EC said successful a statement.
Heads of each enforcement agencies, including the Central Board of Direct Taxes, Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs, Directorate of Enforcement, Directorate of Revenue Intelligence, Central Economic Intelligence Bureau, Financial Intelligence Unit, Reserve Bank of India, Indian Banks’ Association, Narcotics Control Bureau, Railway Protection Force, Central Industrial Security Force, Border Security Force, Sashastra Seema Bal, Bureau of Civil Aviation Security, Airports Authority of India, and Postal Department took portion successful the meeting. Others who joined virtually included the Chief Secretary, Director-General of Police, State Police Nodal Officer (SPNO), and Chief Electoral Officer of Bihar.
The antithetic agencies briefed the Commission regarding their mentation and steps taken and projected for ensuring inducement escaped elections. The briefings were connected a wide-range of topics pertaining to curbing the usage of wealth and different inducements to vitiate elections were made.
The canvass assemblage instructed that determination should beryllium co-operation and sharing of quality of economical offences amongst instrumentality enforcement agencies for effectual action.
It emphasised intra-agency co-ordination astatine national, State and territory levels and directed agencies to guarantee a argumentation of “zero-tolerance” for escaped and just elections successful Bihar.
