CHENNAI: With the Income Tax Department saying around Rs 100 crore has been distributed to R.K. Nagar voters by the AIADMK faction led by the now jailed V.K. Sasikala, there is a possibility of the Election Commission (EC) postponing the by-election in the constituency.According to the documents seized by the I-T officials during their raids here on Friday and published by some media, the price of one vote in the by-poll bound R.K. Nagar constituency is Rs 4,000. "The documents published by some media houses and doing the rounds in WhatsApp are what we had seized during our raids yesterday (Friday)," an I-T official confirmed to IANS on Saturday. "We have seized cash totalling Rs 5.5 crore. We have also seized documents showing Rs 89 crore changed hands in R.K. Nagar," an I-T official had told IANS.In the 2016 assembly elections, the Election Commission had postponed the polls in Thanjavur and Aravakuruchi assembly seats citing large-scale bribing of voters.

Source: Economic Times April 08, 2017 16:52 UTC