A total of 388 licensed arms have been deposited till Tuesday, since the model code of conduct was promulgated in Maihar Assembly constituency of the State that would go for bypoll on February 13.
Cases under Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) have been registered against 1279 persons while 1629 persons have been bounded over under preventive sections. 58 non-bailable warrants have been served and no election related incident has taken place till now. Thirty outposts across the Satna district borders would be made operational to keep an eye over the constituency.
A total of 436 defacements including 244 wall writings, 121 posters, 40 banners and 31 other material have been removed from public properties constituency since the promulgation of model code of conduct, while action was taken in 28 cases of wall writings on private properties.
No case of misuse of vehicles, loudspeakers, illegal public meetings and luring the electorate has not been reported till now.
The model code of conduct was imposed in the constituency on January 12 when the schedule for the by-poll was announced by the Election Commission of India. A total of 15 complaints have been received since the imposition of Model code of conduct by the district Collector and the district election officer till now. Enquiry report from the district election officer is being sent to the ECI continuously.
In Maihar, 2.28 lakh voters will exercise their mandate. Of the total 290 polling centres, 106 are declared sensitive by the ECI.
Polling for the Maihar by-election would be held on February 13, while the counting of votes will take place on February 16. The by-poll was necessitated as the sitting Congress MlA Narayan Tripathi resigned and joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).