To maintain law and order during the polling on Monday, Madhya Pradesh police have made elaborate security arrangements.More than 2 lakh police personnel besides paramilitary forces have been deployed in the State and cops have been deployed on the borders of different States.
Director General of Police (DGP) Nandan Dube in an official statement said that the measures have been taken in view of providing fearless atmosphere to the people so that they may go voting. For the security, Madhya Pradesh has received 552 companies of Central paramilitary forces and armed forces from different States.
As many as 91 companies of Madhya Pradesh Special Armed Forces (SAF) have also been pressed in duty, Nandan Dube said, adding that besides these forces, 99,000 cops of uniformed forces have been deployed. The number of cops in the armed forces is 1.64 lakh. The armed forces have been received from Gujarat, Maharashtra, Haryana, Chhattisgarh and Karnataka.