Team Herald
PANJIM: Casino trades, matka gambling and narcotic are some of the crucial areas of money laundering identified by the Chief Electoral Office (CEO) and hence would maintain a strong vigil over their activities during the election period.
Speaking to media persons, DIG and nodal officer for expenditure monitoring Rajesh Kumar said that they would be concentrating on routing crimes which are concerned with money laundering like matka, narcotics and casinos.
Kumar said that the State agencies like Excise, commercial taxes and Income Tax have been directed to be on alert as a part of the monitoring process.
“All the casinos have rules and regulations which they need to comply with. We will ensure that they comply with the rules and regulations. We will be just enforcing them. There will be monitoring of the casino operations through the concerned departments,” he said.
Kumar said that apart from usual monitoring, a check would be kept on the type of bulk purchases made in the market and whether there is “any increase in sale of certain items.”
The CEO is also in touch with the Banks to monitor online transaction during the election process, the officer said. “So far as the expenditure is concerned, Goa is quite sensitive on that account and we are not allowing anything on that account,” Kumar added.
Earlier speaking CEO Kunal, IAS, said that extensive checking along the border check posts would be held to ensure control over movement of illegal items especially like liquor.
A team comprising of department of Excise, Commercial Taxes, Income Tax and Transport, are been mobilized.
