Bhopal: Shortly after the conclusion of voting on Friday evening, reports emerged of a few BJP supporters allegedly setting fire to the dwelling of a polling agent’s kin in Dungarpur village within the Ater Assembly constituency of Bhind district.
Late at night, the modest home and a tractor belonging to Keshav Jatav were engulfed in flames. The family of the victim claims that this act of arson was carried out by supporters of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate Arvind Singh Bhadoria as retaliation for the family’s refusal to allow dumping at the polling booth site.
The nephew of Keshav Jatav served as a polling agent for the Congress candidate in the village. Despite the family’s complaints, they assert that the police did not take swift action and have accused law enforcement of succumbing to pressure from the minister.
Presently, there has been no reported action on their complaint, and the Additional Superintendent of Police has indicated that an investigation would be conducted.
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Cash, illicit liquor, drugs, precious metals and other materials seized
Bhopal: Chief Electoral Officer Shri Anupam Rajan said that after the Model Code of Conduct for Madhya Pradesh Assembly Elections 2023 came into effect, continuous action is being taken actively by the enforcement agencies in the state. Illicit liquor, narcotics, cash, precious metals, gold, silver, jewellery and other materials are being seized by the joint monitoring teams of FST, SST and police formed to conduct the assembly elections 2023 in an independent, fair and transparent manner.
Joint teams have taken action to seize various materials worth Rs 339 crore 94 lakh 80 thousand 982 from October 9 to November 16. This includes cash amount of Rs 40 crore 18 lakh 40 thousand 79, more than 34 lakh 68 thousand 680 liters of illicit liquor worth Rs 65 crore 56 lakh 14 thousand 496, narcotics worth Rs 17 crore 25 lakh 62 thousand 161, precious metals, gold-silver, jewellery worth Rs 92 crore 76 lakh 9 thousand 233 and other items worth Rs 124 crore 18 lakh 55 thousand 13 have been seized.
During the Model Code of Conduct in the year 2018 assembly elections in the state (between October 6 to November 28), action amounting to Rs 72 crore 93 lakh was taken by the enforcement agencies, while this year in the 2023 assembly elections (from October 9 to November 16), seizure action of more than Rs 339 crore 94 lakh has been taken.
