New Delhi, April 16 -- With the 'mystery' and 'controversy' over the Electoral Bonds yet to settle, the flow of 'unaccounted' money of about Rs 5,000 crore by the Election Commission in the last one and a half months has raised eyebrows.

In a move to crackdown on black money in form of cash, liquor, drugs, precious metals and freebies supply ahead of the first phase of polling for the 102 Lok Sabha seats on April 19, the poll watchdog has seized Rs 4658.167 crore since March 1.

So on an average the poll watchdog has seized Rs 100 crore per day. What is more concerning is the seizure of drugs worth Rs 2,069 crore during this period.

Out of the total recoveries worth Rs 4,658 crore, freebies and other items stand at over Rs 1142.49 crore...