large-scale security arrangements have been made to ensure free and fair Vidhan Sabha elections in Madhya Pradesh. To prevent misuse of weapons, illegal arms are being recovered and licensed weapons got deposited. Since enforcement of model code of conduct on from October 4, as many as 2.56 lakh licensed weapons have been deposited.
The process is still underway. In the series, 386 licensed weapons have been seized and 1104 arms licenses cancelled. As many as 1876 licensed weapons have been deposited during the last 24 hours.
So far, 31,538 non-bailable warrants have been issued of which 542 were issued in last 24 hours. Similarly, 3313 illegal weapons have been seized. Police has seized 71 weapons during last 24 hours.
large-scale security and law & order arrangements have been made to ensure peace during elections in the state. Action has been taken under sections 107/116 of CrPC against 1.52 lakh persons so far and 97,978 persons have been bound over. Action was taken against 1892 persons for violating this provision. In police action, 1925 kg explosives of various types have been seized. Besides, 21 different kinds of bombs and 563 live cartridges have also been seized.
As many as 457 check posts have been set up in view of security in Vidhan Sabha constituencies. In all, 4,222 majra-tolas have been identified under vulnerability mapping. Similarly, 10,397 people who can harass voters have also been identified. Prohibitory action has been taken against 9,713 such persons.