A total of 204 cases of Model Code of Conduct (MCC) violation were booked, of which FIRs have been filed in 147 cases, said CEO T Srikanth. Ten cases were declared as paid news by the District Level Media Certification and Monitoring Committee.
Cash to the tune of `16,49,550 and 9,418 litres of liquor valued at `14,40,397 were seized by the Election Department, reflecting the state of bribery of voters in Puducherry for casting votes.
A total of 8,478 civilian employees and 2,559 police officers and seven companies of CAPF comprising 636 personnel were deployed for the conduct of the polling. Polling in the 77 identified vulnerable polling locations were concluded without much hindrance.
The EVMs from 23 Assembly segments have been kept sealed under three-tier security with round-the clock surveillance by CCTV cameras till the counting of polls in Bharathidasan Government College for Women, here on May 16.
Meanwhile, similar arrangements have been made for the EVMs of respective outlying regions of Karaikal, Mahe and Yanam. EVMs of five Assembly segments in Karaikal have been sealed and kept in Arignar Anna College in Karaikal, while EVMs of one Assembly segment in Mahe is being kept at Nehru Government College and the EVMs in the single Assembly segment in Yanam are kept at civil station in Yanam with a similar security.
Held for Inducing
Three persons were arrested on charges of bribing and inducing voters to cast their vote in favour of the candidates contesting the 16th Lok Sabha elections.
Muthialpet police arrested Prakash (32) for trying to distribute money to voters in the area on Thursday and urging them to cast their vote in favour of a political party. A sum of `13,000 was seized from him.
Solai Nagar police arrested Ilango (27) for trying to distribute liquor bottles to induce voters in favour of a contestant.
In another incident, Villianoor police arrested one Ramesh (26) for distributing pamphlets of a political party to the voters near Kanuapet seeking their votes for the party.