The Election Commission has directed Chief Electoral Officers of five poll-bound states to ask top police brass that cash transfers during the election period be done under the protection of cops and that they be kept informed about such movements from banks or currency chests.<br/><br/>The directives on transportation of cash are seen in the backdrop of an incident in poll-bound Tamil Nadu last year, when three trucks carrying 570 crore rupees were intercepted by Election Commission's surveillance teams.<br/><br/>Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Goa and Manipur will go for assembly polls between 4th February and 8th March, and the model code of conduct came into force on 4th January when the election schedule was announced.