Unaccounted cash, illegal goods worth Rs 111 crore seized
Hyderabad, Dec 3: Unaccounted cash and illegal goods worth about Rs 111 crore have been seized on separate occasions so far in poll-bound Telangana, officials said Monday.
According to an official release, the State has sought 279 companies of central forces and as of now 240 have arrived.
They would assist 30,000 local police personnel on duty for the December 7 Telangana assembly polls.
"Money influence in elections in India is going up.
There is no denying of that. If you see the cash and goods' seizure figures, it was Rs 76 crore during 2014 elections in combined Andhra Pradesh," Chief Electoral Officer Rajat Kumar told reporters.
He said any contesting candidate is allowed to spend up to Rs 28 lakh while there is no limit for a party on election expenditure.
Replying to a query, Kumar said there are 38 constituencies in the state under Left wing extremist influence while some are expenditure sensitive according to previous history.
Kodangal, from where state congress working president Revanth Reddy is contesting, is a "politically sensitive" constituency, he said.
"It came to our notice that there are political allegations and counter allegations in Kodangal. There was some cash seizure also from the constituency. We are keeping strict vigil there," he said.
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7 held for running fake call centre in South Kolkata
Kolkata (PTI): Seven people were arrested from the Parnashree area in the southern part of the city for allegedly running a fake call centre, a police officer said on Saturday.
Acting on a tip-off, police raided a house on Netaji Subhas Road on Friday night and found the fake call centre operating from the ground floor, he said.
Preliminary investigation revealed that the accused had set up a bogus company using forged documents and posed as employees of an antivirus firm to call citizens in the US, the officer said.
"The callers would gain the trust of victims and then use remote access to take control of their phones or other digital devices. The accused allegedly siphoned off large sums of money, running into millions of dollars, from victims' accounts," he said.
Five laptops, two WiFi routers, six mobile phones and four headsets were seized from the accused, he said, adding that the seven are being questioned to ascertain the full extent of the racket and to identify others involved.
