15 vehicles worth Rs. 1.8 crore seized for violating Election Code of Conduct: Dakshina Kannada DC
Mangaluru: Dakshina Kannada Deputy Commissioner and Election Returning Officer Sasikanth Senthil on Tuesday informed that 15 vehicles worth Rs. 1.08 crore and another 31 lakh rupees have so far been seized by the authorities in different cases in the wake of violating election Code of Conduct in the district.
Speaking at a press conference organised to brief about the preparations for the elections in the district the Deputy Commissioner also informed that 84,885 litres of illegal liquor worth over 94.5 lakh rupees was also seized during the period since election code of conduct was put into effect.
8920 personnel will work at 1861 polling stations in the district and 668 vehicles have been arranged for their transportations and commutations, he informed.
“Election campaigning will be banned from Tuesday 6.pm. No campaigner from outside the district can stay within the district. Supervisors have been deployed to keep a check on this. They will also check hotels and lodgings to make sure no campaigner from outside the district is staying here” Senthil said.
Dakshina Kannada Superintendent of Police Laxmi Prasad was also present at the press conference along with Senthil.
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‘Hidden camera’ found in bathroom of TISS-Guwahati girls’ hostel, probe underway
Guwahati (PTI): The police have initiated an inquiry after a “hidden camera” was found in a bathroom of the girls’ hostel on the Guwahati campus of the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), an officer said on Friday.
The TISS authorities had intimated the police and filed a complaint in connection with the incident, he said.
“Based on the complaint, an investigation has been initiated,” the police officer said.
The TISS Guwahati, in a statement, had said that the recent incident was a “serious privacy violation, and is entirely unacceptable and condemnable”.
It said internal security protocols were being reviewed to ensure non-recurrence of any such incident in the future.
Support services are in place for the affected students, and the TISS is fully cooperating with the police in the case, the statement said.
