Poll freebies worth Rs 42.92 lakh seized in SavadattiThe freebies had pictures of JD(S) candidate Sourabh Chopra and a case has been registered against him
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Poll freebies worth Rs 42.92 lakh were seized in a raid by the district police in the Savadatti-Yallamma Assembly constituency in Karnataka in the early hours of Wednesday.
The freebies had pictures of JD(S) candidate Sourabh Chopra and a case has been registered against him.
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During the raid, 1,012 sewing machines worth Rs 23,84,272, 1,200 sewing machine tables worth Rs 4,56,000, 1,060 sewing machine iron stands worth Rs 11,27,840, and 2,160 tiffin boxes worth Rs 3,24,000 were seized.
Savadatti police are investigating.