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Flying squads and static surveillance teams person made respective seizures of unaccounted golden jewellery during enforcement of the Model Code of Conduct (MCC) that is successful spot for the April 9 Assembly elections.
According to a property note, the teams are functioning round-the-clock to forestall immoderate signifier of inducement to voters. The flying squads are equipped with body-worn cameras, with live-monitoring enabled astatine the Integrated Election Command Centre.
In 1 caller instance, a squad of Grand Bazaar constabulary station, comprising D. Murugan, Illakiyavendhan, and Jayasuriya, on with the Special Task Force team, consisting of S. Ambethkar, S. Prabakaran, Murugan, and V. Visu, intercepted an idiosyncratic and seized golden jewellery weighing 2015.73 grams (net weight), with a full value of 2081.17 grams, including screen and pins.
A Flying Squad squad headed by R. Arunachalam, Executive Magistrate, and comprising P. Thirumalai Balakrishnan, Kumud Das and H. Jukamchand of Indo-Tibetan Border Police (Unit 51 BN ITBP), and Krishnamurthy, apprehended a idiosyncratic successful possession of golden ornaments weighing 908.57 grams (net weight), with a full value of 1141.50 grams, including the box, which were subsequently seized.
In some the cases, the individuals acrophobic were incapable to nutrient valid documentary evidence, specified arsenic acquisition invoices oregon supporting transaction records to found the lawful possession of the golden articles.
Accordingly, the golden jewellery was weighed, documented, and seized successful accordance with prescribed procedures successful the beingness of autarkic witnesses.
The seized items weighing 2924.300 grams (net weight), with a full value of 3222.67 grams, including box, covers and pins, were produced earlier K.P. Sreejith, Municipal Commissioner-cum-Returning Officer - VIl and person been placed successful harmless custody successful the Treasury, pending further probe by Income Tax Authorities.
As an encouragement for ensuring strict enforcement of the MCC, the unit were felicitated by P. Jawahar, Chief Electroal Officer, the property enactment said.
