To ensure free and fair and peaceful election due on February 15, a day- long training programme involving police and administrative officers was organised at the auditorium of police headquarters on Monday. IG (law and order) and state police nodal officer (Election) Deepam Seth were present aside from the district nodal officers, election cell in-charges, range office election cell in-charges, Central Armed Police Force commandant and election commissioner officers.
During the training, ECI’s team members instructed the administrative and police officers to measure the vulnerability of the poling station centers and polling stations. Implementation of the model code of conduct, coordination with CAPF officers and providing the police personnel on poll duty with residential/ transportation facilities were stressed. All on poll duty were asked to to be vigilant to stop misuse of money and to constantly monitor the election expenditure incurred by the candidates during electioneering. The officers were directed to allocate duty to the police personnel at polling centres and polling booths with discrimination. Besides, the district officers were directed to submit reports on the seizure of licensed guns and numbers of polling centers and polling booths they inspected.
Others present during the training were DIG (law and order) Anant Ram Chauhan, assistant chief election officer Neeraj Kharwal, chief election officer Shanmugam and additional SP Pradeep Rai.