Amid tight security at polling centres, the polling for five lok Sabha seats in Uttarakhand went off peacefully on Wednesday. With the beginning of polling the district police heads inspected the booths and gave necessary instructions to the police force to prevent untoward incidents.
Additional Director General of Police (law and Order) Ram Singh Meena said that the polling in the state went off peacefully due to vigil of security forces. More than 10, 000 security personnel including paramilitary forces were deployed at various ultra sensitive and sensitive polling centres.
SP (crime, law and order, election) PHQ Nivedita Kukreti Kumarsaid, “Foolproof security plan was implemented for ensuring smooth polls in the state. We have not yet received report of any major disruption of law and order or complaint of booth rigging or violation of the model code of conduct," she added.
Barring minor verbal altercations among workers of rival political parties at few places, polling in five parliamentary constituencies of Uttarakhand largely remained peaceful.
The district magistrates checked security at booths under their jurisdiction. Along with two sub-inspectors, eight constables, quick response team, a section of PAC jawans and a section of Central Armed Police Force personnel, the Haridwar DM Senthil Pandiyan and SSP Sadanand Shankar Rao inspected sensitive and ultra sensitive polling centres and polling centres along the inter- state border. Nainital SSP Vimmi Sachdeva inspected various polling stations in the district.