Photo: Ahmed Raza Khan/MintBengaluru: What happens to the 542,230.49 litres of alcohol that was seized in the run-up to Karnataka’s assembly elections? But no matter what the outcome of these investigations, the government cannot monetize seized liquor. Other items that are seized during election time, like gold and silver, can be monetized. During the Karnataka elections, gold and silver worth Rs44.28 crore and drugs valued at Rs40.10 lakh were also seized. A case in point is the seized liquor from the 2013 assembly election, which was only destroyed nearly five years later, before this year’s election was held.

Source: Mint May 14, 2018 17:37 UTC