Updated On: 12 November, 2024 06:51 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
While conducting checks, the teams make sure that citizens are not inconvenienced, and if any suspicious items such as money, alcohol, precious metals, or other valuables are found, they are seized and appropriate legal action is then taken, the Election Commission said

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During the ongoing Model Code of Conduct (MCC) for Maharashtra Assembly election 2024, over 6,000 teams on ground has so far seized Rs 500 crore worth of cash, liquor and other items, the Election Commission (EC) said on Tuesday.
It said that strict measures have been put in place to prevent political parties or candidates from bribing voters as part of it the teams on ground has been conducting checks in state.