Hyderabad: Andhra Pradesh Police have seized over Rs 26 crore unaccounted money during last two weeks reportedly meant for distribution among voters in the elections, state Chief Electoral Officer said. The illegal money was seized during vehicle checks across the state. "Any unaccounted money is being seized. This is to curb the flow of illegal money during elections," state Chief Electoral Officer I V Subba Rao told reporters. The police have also seized a large quantity of liquor bottles, cricket kits and sarees reportedly meant for distribution among voters as inducements to the voters. Meanwhile, police returned over Rs four crore after it was found not to be for distribution among voters, the CEO added.
BAGHDAD: Nearly 500 U.S. Army combat engineers who specialize in clearing roads of explosives started shifting to southern Afghanistan."We are probably going to be the beginning of the influx you are going to see to Afghanistan," Lt. Col. Kevin Landers, commander of the Fort Carson, Colo.-based 4th Engineer Battalion, said as crews packed crates and cleaned vehicles for the flight to Kandahar.Obama has ordered 17,000 more U.S. soldiers and Marines to Afghanistan to bolster the 38,000 American troops already battling the resurgent Taliban."We are going to take this footprint out of Iraq," said Landers, whose battalion received word of its reassignment last month just after taking command of clearing roads in Baghdad of bombs and debris.
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