Bhubaneswar, March 11 -- Justice (retired) Arijit Pasayat, the vice-chairperson of Supreme Court-appointed Special Investigation Team (SIT) on black money, today revealed that cash is no more the sole 'weapon' in the hands of some unscrupulous elements to influence the voters ahead of elections in India.

Now-a-days, these unscrupulous elements are often trying to influence the voters by providing them jewellery and other valuables as gifts, said Justice Pasayat after holding a meeting of the SIT on black money in Odisha's Cuttack city today.

"It has been observed that some people are providing gold and diamond jewellery as gifts to influence voters during elections in India. They are also supplying drugs to the voters. The enforcement a...