DIG Praveen Singh visited lohardaga to take stock of polls preparedness on Tuesday. He met with the police officials and called a review meeting to make strategies for the election.
The DIG said, “Police will be on toes to keep law and orders, ensure the safety, and keep watch upon the Naxalites and to conduct the lS poll fearlessly and peacefully. There will be sufficient police force and there will be eyes upon every nook and corner from helicopters and by trained dogs.”
There was a special search drive conducted in Ranchi, Khunti, Gumla and Simdega district. In the naxal hit areas there were voters’ awareness campaigns conducted and police reached to their doors. Police is keeping strict vigil to check any type of Naxal activities. lohardaga is the sensitive naxal hit area but police is all prepared to face them, Singh told.
“In the meet there the training of sending the EVM to the booths and send those back is being conducted and the reports is being sent to the Election Commission per day. The reports of sensitive and most sensitive places of the region have been taken from SP Mrityunjay Kumar and directions have been given to conduct the polls free of fear and peacefully,” Singh concluded.
In the review meet SP Mrityunjay Kumar, SDPO, DSP and all the Thana-in-charges were present.