Shillong, Feb 01: Flying squads have seized Rs 1.5 lakh cash from a person at Gopinathkilla under Salmanpara Assembly constituency in South West Garo Hills district.
The money was suspected to be used during elections.
“The person was detained for questioning and he could not produce any strong reason as how he would use the money he was carrying,†Meghalaya chief electoral officer, F.R. Kharkongor said.
He said that so far, there was no report of poll-related incidents from anywhere.