With the deployment of additional force at polling centres, the assembly bypoll in Doiwala constituency was held peacefully on Monday. Dehradun Senior Superintendent of Police Ajay Rautela claimed to have ensured completion of the assembly bypoll in Doiwala constituency peacefully.
Amid tight security, assembly bypoll went off peacefully in Doiwala on Monday.
Not a single report of untoward incident was received from any of the polling bound areas, he added.
The SSP inspected as many as 35 polling centres in various places like Balawala, some parts of Raipur, Nehru Colony, Ranikhet, Rishikesh and Doiwala and gave necessary instructions to the police officers.
Rautela said that additional forces including Central Armed Police Force and Provincial Armed Constabulary personnel were deployed at ultra sensitive and sensitive polling centres. To prevent untoward incidents, the polling areas were divided into three zones and 13 sectors. Out of 148, 35 polling centres were identified as sensitive and 21 as ultra-sensitive.