In order to conduct free and fair lok Sabha elections peacefully, Garhwal Range Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) Amit Sinha convened a meeting with district police heads and gave them necessary instructions.
Sinha has directed the police officers to take all possible steps to conduct free, unbiased and transparent lok Sabha elections.
He has also directed the police officers to ensure that guidelines issued by the Election Commission of India are strictly implemented. Security needs to be beefed up at areas bordering Uttar Pradesh and Himachal Pradesh.
Additional police force needs to be deployed at sensitive and ultra sensitive places for ensuring peaceful conduct of lok Sabha election, he added.
The police officers need to ensure that law and order is maintained during election. Police should be vigilant about anti-social elements during election and those are violating laws should be punished, he added.
He directed the police officers to coordinate with the police officers of neighbouring districts of State during election.
Vehicle checking drive needs to be conducted periodically by putting barricading at areas bordering neighbouring States.
The Government has recently released advertisement for direct recruitment to posts of sub-inspectors and constables in the State. The police officers should lay emphasis on disseminating such information through various mediums.
A copy of recruitment advertisement and form will be sent to the homes of persons affected in last year’s disaster without fee. District police heads of Haridwar, Dehradun, Pauri, Uttarkashi, Chamoli, Tehri and Rudraprayag attended the meeting.
The Dehradun district magistrate BVRC Purushottam and SSP Ajay Rautela also held a meeting with officials and directed them to follow the ECI guidelines and taken necessary action for ensuring proper elections.