India, April 23 -- Several cash bundles of Rs 500 denomination were confiscated from the residence of an aide of the DMK candidate for Mylapore Assembly constituency by the Election Commission of India's (ECI) flying squad in Chennai on Wednesday, police said.

Confirming the incident, Chennai District Election Officer J Kumaragurubaran said the matter has been forwarded to the officials concerned.

"With the assistance of the flying squad, an inspection was conducted, and necessary action has been taken," the DEO said in a post on the social media platform 'X'. A police official said that, along with the money seized from the Mandavelipakkam residence of Sathyamurthy, an aide of the DMK candidate Dha Velu, by the flying squad, evidence t...