Sixtyfive companies of Central Armed Police forces (CAPF) comprising 4,680 personnel will monitor the electoral process in Haryana.
“Out of these, five companies have already arrived and conducting flag marches along with state police in the districts to build a sense of security and confidence among the voters. Remaining 60 companies will be coming from Rajasthan on May 7 after the fifth phase of polling there. We are also requesting the Ministry of Home Affairs and Election Commission to allocate us more CAPF companies which are likely to be allotted,” Additional Director General of Police, Navdeep Singh Virk said.
He said Haryana Police will be deploying close to 64,000 personnel of the state police force and from central forces on election duty to ensure polling in a free, fair and peaceful manner on May 12 when people go out to cast their vote for the 10 Lok Sabha seats in the state.