Excise department steps up investigating over liquor usage abide Lok Sabha polls

New Delhi, April 1: To curb the use of alcohol to influence voters in the run-up to Lok Sabha polls Delhi’s Excise department has constituted various teams comprising 44 officials at the district level to monitor recordings of CCTV cameras installed at liquor shops, an official said. Another order said that its officials should monitor at least 15 minutes recordings from a warehouse of these liquor shops on a daily basis.

 

Delhi will go to polls on May 12. Delhi has seven Lok Sabha seats and 70 assembly constituencies.

Delhi's chief electoral officer (CEO) Ranbir Singh earlier said that a total of 13,816 polling stations will be established at 2,696 locations, with a model polling station in each assembly constituency.

Over the last past a few days, the excise department has issued a number of directions as part of its measures to curb distribution of alcohol to influence voters during elections in Delhi.

"The first member of each district will obtain the list of retail vendors of their concerned district and allocate shops to each member of the team for viewing of CCTV recordings till completion of the election process," Deputy Excise Commissioner Sandeep Mishra said in his written communication to officials.

Mishra said inspecting officials have been directed to inform the critical events to senior officers of the department and take necessary action as per laid down rules.

There are 11 districts - central, north-east, new Delhi, south, north, north-west, south-west, south-east and Shahdar - in the national capital.