The administration has made elaborate arrangements for the smooth and incident free polling to Lok Sabha elections on May 12 in Jamshedpur. Apart from the high profile security arrangements the district administration has taken up slew of measures to ensure electorate are not lured by the political parties to sell their votes.
East Singhbhum deputy commissioner-cum-returning officer for Jamshedpur parliamentary constituency, Amit Kumar said that sensitive and super sensitive booths have been identified in the Assembly areas and security personnel would be deployed accordingly.
"We are confident that the elections will be free and fair and we have finalised every details for the poll," he noted.
SSP Anoop Birtharay, who convened meeting with top officials, said that chopper to keep eye on Maoist affected areas. He said that the security forces are all geared up for the polling day.
Meanwhile, 800 police force of the district will be assisted by jawans of CRPF, Jharkhand Armed Police, homeguards, Rapid Action Police (RAP) and Rapid Action Force for maintaining security at the 1626 polling booths in the constituency.
In addition to this, micro observers have been deputed at polling stations to keep an eye on every movement of the polling agents and on the suspicious characters, if any, at the Left Wing Extremist (LWE) affected booths and also at urban area booths which are vulnerable from the law and order point of view.