Overview
- Election squads in Mumbai reported cumulative seizures of ₹3.41 crore in cash, 1,540 litres of liquor and 57 kg of drugs during pre-poll monitoring.
- In Sion, officers recovered 54 envelopes containing ₹1,000 each from an unclaimed bag after those handling the money fled, and the cash is being handed to the income-tax department.
- An official said about 329 teams are patrolling and a dedicated unit is verifying submitted videos, with more than 45 cases registered so far for code violations.
- In Pune’s Yewalewadi, the Flying Squad and local police found ₹1 lakh in cash in one SUV and voter lists, over 300 empty envelopes and notebooks in another, and they prepared a panchnama and alerted the returning officer.
- Political tensions escalated as Shiv Sena (UBT) alleged rival workers disbursed ₹1,000 in Chembur and submitted video evidence, while separate complaints surfaced in Borivali without any cash seized.