Rs 1,100 Crore Cash, Gold Seized During Elections, 3 Times More Than 2019

Over Rs 1,150 crore in cash and jewellery have been seized by the Income Tax Department, during the ongoing Lok Sabha elections, sources said on Friday. This marks an 182% increase compared to the Rs 390 crore seized during the last general elections in 2019.Among the states, Delhi and Karnataka recorded the highest amount of seizures, with over Rs 200 crore of cash and jewellery seized in each state.In Tamil Nadu, seizures worth Rs 150 crore were made, followed by Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, and Odisha where over Rs 100 crore worth of cash and jewellery were seized collectively.