Over 1 Crore Liters Beer Worth Rs 898.52 Cr Seized in Karnataka

Bengaluru: Ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, the Karnataka Excise department has seized beer worth Rs 98.52 crore from the Chamarajanagar constituency in Mysuru Rural district.

According to the Election Commission, the state excise department seized 1.22 crore litres of beer worth Rs 98.52 crore from Chamarajanagar on Thursday.

Added to it, the Income Tax (I-T) department and the Static Surveillance Team (SST) also seized cash worth Rs 3.53 crore in Karnataka. Out of it, Rs 2.20 crore was unearthed from the Bengaluru North parliamentary constituency by the I-T officials, the EC said.

The SST seized Rs 35 lakh cash in the Gulbarga constituency in Kalaburagi district and Rs 45 lakh in the Udupi-Chikkamagaluru constituency.