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Police, paramilitary forces conduct flag march

Staff Reporter

To maintain law and order and to avoid any untoward incident on the polling day, the Delhi Police and paramilitary personnel conducted flag marches in sensitive areas in northeast and east Delhi on Saturday.

Flag marches were conducted in Brij Puri, Kalyanpuri, Trilokpuri, Seemapuri, Khajuri Khass, Jaffrabad, Mustafabad, Krishna Nagar and Mayur Vihar in northeast Delhi, Shahdara and other east Delhi areas.

Police said that elaborate arrangements have been made to ensure smooth conduct of the Delhi assembly elections.

According to Alok Kumar, the Joint Commissioner of Police, East Delhi, the personnel, including senior officers, conducted flag marches in sensitive areas.

"They also conducted patrolling on motorcycles. PCR and quick response teams have also been deployed at sensitive areas," said the Joint CP.