More than 70 per cent of the polling booths in Bokaro have been placed in the super-sensitive and hyper-sensitive categories meaning a strong police force will guard each of them to prevent electoral fraud and other untoward incidents.
While, 44 polling booths at Chas, a satellite city of Bokaro, has been identified as super sensitive and 18 as sensitive booths, informed Chunmun Singh OC, Chas police station.
The super-sensitive booths at Chas are Main Road, Bauri Tola, Yaduvansh Nagar and Bharra while sensitive booths are Upgraded Middle School Urdu Chas, Community Hall Ambedkar Puri, Impact Public School, Primary School Bansidih, Community Halol Tara Nagar, Primary School Sangjori and upgraded High School Asansol, said OC.
Bokaro consists of four constituencies, including Bermo and Gomia and Bokaro and Chandankiyari Assembly constituencies. Bermo and Gomia will go to polls on December 12 while Bokaro and Chandankiyari on December 16. In Bokaro Assembly constituency there are 2,79,274 male voters, 2,35,131 female, 16 transgender and 1,550 service voters while in Chandankiyari 1,26,248 male, 1,10,743 female, 1 transgender and 270 service voters.
Bokaro, SP, P Murugun urged voters, ‘no need to fear, we are ready to tackle any untoward incidents during poll’. Sufficient numbers of security personnel along
with magistrates were deployed to conduct peace and fair poll, SP said.
Besides webcasting, videography and still photography two choppers will keep a close watch on free and fair poll even in the difficult terrain of the constituency.
Meanwhile, vehicle check-up has been intensified to prevent the transportation of cash and materials in order to conduct the upcoming assembly elections in a peaceful and clean environment across the Bokaro district.
Speculation are rife that political leaders are transferring money to their aides ahead of the elections vehicle checking has been intensified, said an official. In order to control the illegal transportation of money, liquor and freebies, special forces have been deployed at over 50 checkpoints, he said.
Many Flying Squad Teams (FST) and Static Surveillance Teams (SST) along with district administrative officials were engaged in monitoring and investigation round the clock to conduct a corruption-free poll