Overview
- Election authorities reported seizures of cash and goods worth ₹23.28 crore since enforcement began, based on an official release from the Chief Electoral Officer.
- Separate reports cited a higher cumulative figure of ₹42.65 crore that includes cash, freebies, precious metals, liquor and drugs, underscoring a discrepancy in aggregated totals.
- Officials removed 1.68 lakh instances of defacement and registered 61 FIRs, with further legal action and investigations underway.
- The deployment includes 2,160 flying squads and 2,160 static surveillance teams across 234 constituencies, alongside 25 inter-departmental monitoring agencies such as Income Tax, Customs and the Enforcement Directorate.
- District checks continued with seizures including ₹6 lakh in unaccounted cash across Vellore, Ranipet, Tirupattur and Tiruvannamalai, while the ECI reiterated rules on documenting cash above the ₹50,000 threshold and directed grievance appeals to District Grievance Committees.