Police personnel from the State will not have to go Karnataka for poll duty. State police chief has apprised the senior officials at the Union Government of it citing requirement of police force in the State for civic polls.
Director general of police Satyavrata said, “I have apprised the senior officials of the fact that we would not be able to provide the force for the duty at Karnataka Assembly elections due to requirement of police force for the civic polls in the state. In this scenario, it is not possible for us to send the police force.”
According to sources, there would be requirement of 15 company of PAC for the poll duty in the state. And if state administration leaves the police force for Karnataka, it would be short of the required force.
It may be mentioned here that the state police had to send six companies of PAC to Karnataka.