Several enforcement agencies, both Central and state, have been mandated to curb the use of money-power and various forms of inducements in elections, following the announcement of the state Assembly election by the Election Commission of India.
The Income Tax, Government of India, have formed Air Intelligence Units (AIU), Rail Intelligence Unit (RUI) and 24x7 control room for the purpose of effective monitoring of election expenditures of the candidates and for curbing the use of black money during the election process.
The surveillance teams will cover all the districts in Nagaland, while the AIU will cover all commercial airports including Dimapur Airport; 24x7 control room-cum complaint monitoring cell at Dimapur, camp office at Circuit House, Kohima; and Rail Intelligence Unit (MU) at Dimapur Railway Station.
A press statement from the Chief Electoral Officer stated that all airports in the state, major railway stations, hotels, farm houses, hawala agents, financial brokers, cash couriers, pawn brokers and other suspicious agencies/ persons likely to be used for movement of unaccounted cash during election process should be kept under close surveillance by the Income Tax department.
It said that public can register complaint on the aforementioned mentioned electoral malpractices to the following 24x7 toll free numbers at the control room in Dimapur and camp office in Kohima.