To maintain law and order and to conduct free and fair elections, around 2 lakh police personnel are going to be deployed across the State.
Police would play a pivotal role in the fear free and fair conduct of State Assembly elections and to ensure this department is going to arrange security measures and an alert police.
Director General of Police Nanden Dube told that the around 5,253 police officers, 45,810 district police force, 21,783 home guards and 59,808 Special Armed Forces are deployed. Along with these forces 90 companies of SAF and 548 companies of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) are going to available in the elections. At present 48 companies has arrived.
After the model code of conduct was imposed the police were involved in the implementation of the instructions. Till date police have recovered 3,313 illegal weapons and along with illegal weapons during the police raids and checking 1,925 explosives, 640 cartridges, 21 bombs were recovered from 9 different factories.
Out of 27,5160 license weapons around 25,6101 licensed weapons have been surrendered and 1,104 license have been cancelled. Exemption has been given to 8,386 license holders. In all around 97 percent of licensed weapons have been surrendered.
To conduct peaceful elections prohibitory action against around 24,1882 anti –social elements has been taken and 97,978 miscreants have been served bound over. Around 2,070 miscreants have been externed under National Security Act.
Arrest warrants have been served to 22,347 miscreants while 10,191 temporary warrants have been served. Preventive action has been taken against 9,713 miscreants. Illegally stored 61,479 litre county made liquor was seized while 65,265 bottles of liquor was seized.