Hyderabad, May 8 -- Items including liquor, drugs and previous metals worth a staggering Rs 31.2 crores have been seized so far during police checkings in the run up to the upcoming May 13 Lok Sabha elections in the city. The Hyderabad police has also so far booked 44 cases for Model Code of Conduct (MCC) violations as well, said commissioner K Sreenivasa Reddy.

Sreenivasa Reddy said that the Hyderabad police has also identified 383 critical polling stations in the city and 663 ASD (Absent, Shifted and Deceased). "The total 1046 polling stations will be covered by CAPF/ SAPP," he stated on Tuesday. He that said Flying Squad Teams (FST) are in operation for checking MCC violations and that each FST consists of 1 ASI/HC with 3 armed PCs al...