Special Police Observer, Vivek Dubey, today asked officials to conduct sensitivity profiling of polling areas. While holding a Video Conferencing with DEOs and SPs of all the districts of the State, Dubey asked the officers to take steps to combat dangers such as Naxal and extremist activities, IED explosives, threats of election boycott by anti-social elements, attempts to generate communal and caste tensions, cash or liquor to vote etc.
He told the officers to arrange heli-dropping in far flung areas, satellite phones in shadow areas, route sensitisation and demining activities in IED sensitive areas, deployment of bomb disposal squad and para military forces in the sensitive areas. He also reviewed the staus of work by police under CrPC section 107 and pendency of non-bailable warrants and expressed satisfaction on the work.
Dubey reviewed the progress made on various issues including the deployment of Central Para Military Forces in the successful and safe conduction of Lok Sabha Election 2019, action on cases related to the violation of Model Code of Conduct. He said that holding the election process in clean, transparent and intrepid environment is the most important responsibility of the officials. It is necessary for that the licensing arms should be deposited with the district administration and the illegal weapons should be seized to keep voters fearless.
In order to control the transportation of cash and prohibited items over the prescribed limit, Dubey gave clear direction to the monitoring team through Flying Squad Team, Static Surveillance Team and Video Surveillance Team. He also asked officials to set up check posts on the entry points of the districts situated on inter-State border and do monitoring through CCTV.
Dubey asked the officers to take cautious decisions on the applications given by various political parties on organizing a public meeting at some place, it should be allowed in such a way that tension between political parties is not created. Also, the operation of traffic should not be interrupted.
In such areas, where posters, leaflets, pamphlets for pol boycott have been found or verbally posted, activities like flag marching, area domination by central paramilitary forces are to be done, he said. So that people can vote without fear. He said that meeting with political parties and local people should be done to abstain from the questions related to election boycott. In addition, DEO office bearers and superintendents of police should try to restore trust in voters by going to these areas themselves.
On this occasion, Additional Chief Electoral Officers, Vinay Kumar Chaubey, Manish Ranjan, IG (Operations) cum State Police Nodal Officer Ashish Batra, SP (Operations), Rajiv Ranjan alongwith others were present at the CEO office.