Haryana Chief Electoral Officer Anurag Agarwal on Friday said that stringent action has been taken by the police, Income Tax Department, Excise and Taxation Department, and Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) in the state after the imposition of the Model Code of Conduct.  As a result, a total of Rs. 4.33 crore illicit cash has been seized, including Rs 71.21 lakh seized by the police, Rs 81.19 lakh by the Income Tax Department, Rs 3.04 lakh by the Excise Department, and Rs. 278 lakh by the DRI. Besides this, various agencies have confiscated over 2,67,821 liters of illicit liquor valued at Rs 8.40 crore. This includes 1,75,140 liters seized by the police worth Rs 552.23 lakh and 92,669 liters seized by the Excise Department worth Rs 288.19 lakh, said Agarwal. He said that a total of 5,844.44 kg of drugs, narcotics worth Rs 9.38 crore, have been seized by the agencies. The police have seized 5,839.18 kg of narcotics worth Rs 9.34 crore. Additionally, the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has confiscated 2 kg of drugs valued at Rs 4 lakh. Apart from this, valuables worth Rs 1.73 crore and other items worth Rs 1.59 crore have also been seized. The Chief Electoral Officer further said that despite the official notification for elections scheduled on April 29, voters have already raised 2541 complaints through the C-Vigil mobile app. Out of these complaints, after scrutiny by the Returning Officers and Assistant Returning Officers, 2195 complaints were found to be true, on which action has been taken as per rules, he added.

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