In order to complete Panchayat election peacefully, Dehradun Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Ajay Rautela presided over a meeting with police officers and policemen at police line and gave them necessary instructions on Sunday.
The policemen will begin departing for their assigned polling booths from Monday.
They were directed to reach at their assigned polling booth on time and follow the instructions of presiding or polling officer so that Panchayat election can be conducted peacefully. A total of 262 polling booths have been identified as ultra sensitive and 226 as sensitive in Dehradun district.
The SSP said that all the possible measures including deployment of adequate force at sensitive and ultra sensitive polling booths have been taken for peaceful completion of Panchayat election in the district.
The police officers have been directed to take necessary steps to ensure free and fair Panchayat election in their assigned area.
It should be mentioned here that the polling would be held in the first phase on June 18 in the Chakrata and Vikasnagar blocks. Polling would be held in the second phase on June 21 at Kalsi and Sahaspur blocks and the polling would be held in the third phase on June 24 in Doiwala and Raipur blocks.