NASHIK: In poll-bound Maharashtra, a static surveillance staff (SST) deployed close to a toll plaza in Ahilyanagar district seized gold and silver jewelry and diamonds price greater than Rs 23.7 crore from a van on Thursday morning. An official stated for the reason that worth of the consignment didn’t match with the receipts discovered on the car, the SST reported the matter to the earnings tax division for additional investigation.
Nonetheless, Fatehchand Ranka, president of Maharashtra Jewellers Affiliation, stated transportation of the property had nothing to do with the polls. “Police ought to have referred to as the jewellers earlier than depositing the jewelry.”
In view of polls, police and district administration have arrange SST checkposts of their respective jurisdictions to observe extreme marketing campaign bills, distribution of things as bribes in money or form, and motion of unlawful arms, ammunition, liquor in addition to anti-social parts.
Although the transporters produced 14 receipts, the worth of the consignment was a lot greater.