Maharashtra Assembly polls: Liquor, gold and cash worth Rs 16.34 crore seized since announcement of polls, says Pune collector

Shirur is the only assembly constituency which has reported seizure of precious metal in the district. Ambegaon has by far reported the lowest seizure in terms of cash, liquor and other freebies, with the total seizure valued at Rs 4.35 lakh. The total volume of liquor seized so far is 4.35 lakh litres.

Diwase also said as of November 1, the total number of registered voters in the district stood at 88.49 lakh. At 6.63 lakh, Chinchwad has the largest number of registered voters, followed by Hadapsar(6.25 lakh) and Bhosari (6.08 lakh).

Kasba has the lowest number of voters in the entire district at 2.83 lakh. Pune has 1,957 overseas voters, an increase from 1,765 such voters reported in January this year. A total of 805 transgender are also on the electoral rolls in Pune. A total of 8,462 polling booths would be set up for the convenience of voters.

Diwase said a total of 22 complaints have been filed for violation of Model Code of Conduct, of which only two are pending for completion.

Visually challenged candidate tries to set RO’s vehicle on fire

On the last day of withdrawing nominations for the Maharashtra Assembly polls, Vinayak Sopan Ovhal, a man with visual impairment, tried to set afire the vehicle of Anil Pawar, returning officer of Chinchwad assembly constituency. Ovhal filed his nomination as an independent candidate from the Chinchwad constituency.

Police officers said Ovhal’s attempt was not related to the elections. Ovhal had submitted multiple applications to the Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation for a house under the Ramai Awas Yogana but had not been able to get any response.

Ovhal had earlier broken the glass of the Municipal Corporation earlier this year. The police had booked him under relevant sections.