Take steps to curb flow of money: Collector K Bhaskar

Visakhapatnam: District Collector and Election Officer K Bhaskar has underlined the need for coordination between the personnel of Income Tax and the police departments to check the flow of money during the elections.

Addressing a meeting here on Thursday, Bhaskar said that concrete measures should be taken to put an end to the influence of cash keeping in view of the past instances.

There should be strict vigil on the vehicles coming from other states, he said and added that stringent action would be initiated against those who try to influence voters with money. All those deployed for poll duty would be issued identity cards, he said. Officials from the police and the IT departments were among those who attended the meeting