On Friday evening, Bokaro thermal police and the troops of central paramilitary forces conducted flag march in various parts of city including market area, Jharkhand Chowk, Bazartard, Govindpur, Railway station as part of preparation for the upcoming Lok Sabha election scheduled on May 12.
The flag march has been held under the guidance of Bokaro thermal police station, Inspector cum officer-in charge Umesh Kumar Thakur.
Inspector Umesh Kumar Thakur said, "The flag march has been conducted on the orders of the Bokaro superintendent of police (SP) P.Murgon and the exercise will continue till elections. The police flag march passed through sensitive and hyper sensitive areas falling under Thermal police station in Bokaro, so as to maintain law and order."
The police have deployed additional security forces in all booths in the areas, where there is a possibility for violence during poll. The thermal police have issued prohibitory orders against around 150 persons of various political parties and few others in the locality.
The district police also spread awareness among residents about giving the police timely information on anti-social elements, malicious rumours and false information during the enforcement of the model code of conduct. The police have been taking all the security measures to conduct the polling peaceful in Maoist affected areas in the district.
Bokaro SP P.Murgon said, "To maintain peace in border areas of the district, an inter-state crime and coordination conference was held recently in headquarters. The officials of the state and district border police participated in the conference and discussed setting up of check posts, maintaining peace, law, and order. The district police are alert and prepared to conduct fair elections and preventive and proper security arrangements will be made." The SP has also appealed to the people to maintain law and order.