With an intention to conduct local body poll peacefully, additional police force including seven Dy SP, Inspectors, Sub-Inspectors, 21 companies of PAC have been deployed in the districts and police officers have been directed to deploy adequate number of police personnel at each polling booths and enforced model code of conduct strictly, said IG (law and order) Ram Singh Meena while talking to The Pioneer.
"The police officers have been directed tostrictly deal with anybody who breaks the law during the election," he added.
Meena said that the police have been directed to make elaborate security arrangements at each polling station to ensure smooth conduct of poll in their respective districts. Out of 1,692 polling booths, 281 were declared as sensitive and 262 as ultra sensitive in the State. Instructions were issued to the police officers for deploying additional force at sensitive and ultra sensitive polling booths. The polling areas have been divided into 72 zones and 189 sectors in the State.
He further said that around 46 Dy SPs, 52 inspectors, 782 sub-inspectors, 710 head constables, 6,323 constables, 270 Prantiya Raksha Dal jawans, 2,390 home guards will be deployed in all the 1,692 polling booths in the state. Apart from this, Based on police officer's demand, additional force including seven DySPs including four DySPs in Udham Singh Nagar, 21 companies of PAC were deployed in the districts.
To keep an eye on the anti-social elements, police officers have been directed to put up barricades at different places in the polling areas and increased the number of personnel on duty there. Other PHQ official said that senior sub-inspectors, police post in-charge have been made Sector in-charge who will be assisted by two constables and other police officials. DySPs, senior inspectors have been made zonal in-charge who will be assisted by sub-inspectors, constables and other police officials.