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TROUBLE EXPECTED IN 4 DISTS
AS THE stage is set for Tuesday?s civic body poll in different parts of Eastern Uttar Pradesh, massive security arrangements have been put in place to ensure incident free polling. However police apprehends trouble in four districts due to its worst track record. According to Inspector General of Police (IGP) Varanasi Zone AC Sharma, additional forces have been moved from one place to another. Besides, some companies of RAF, PAC and other forces have been deployed at polling booths to ensure smooth polling on Tuesday .
AS THE stage is set for Tuesday’s civic body poll in different parts of Eastern Uttar Pradesh, massive security arrangements have been put in place to ensure incident free polling. However police apprehends trouble in four districts due to its worst track record. According to Inspector General of Police (IGP) Varanasi Zone AC Sharma, additional forces have been moved from one place to another.
Besides, some companies of RAF, PAC and other forces have been deployed at polling booths to ensure smooth polling on Tuesday. “We are certainly apprehending trouble in Gazipur, Ballia, Azamgarh and Jaunpur due to its track record”, Sharma told Hindustan Times on phone, adding, “Massive security arrangements have to been put in place in all 10 districts including these four, so that no untoward incident takes place during polling.”
He said mobile police parties had been pressed into service and thorough checking of vehicles had been ordered. “There would be massive checkings at all entry points to other districts during the polling”, he said and debunked some political parties apprehension about misuse of the government machinery.
The boundaries of the districts would be sealed from 12 midnight to 5 pm on Tuesday, the official said. Flag march by security personnel had been taken out in Varanasi and other districts today as a confidence building measure for polls, he said.
As many as three additional SPs, 13 COs, one assistant superintendent of police, 7 inspectors, 300 sub inspectors, 37 sub inspectors ministerial (SMI), 1274 constables, 323 chaukidars, 2 companies of PAC and one company of reserved force had been deployed for civic body election in Varanasi alone.
For Varanasi alone, 49 mobile police teams had been constituted to maintain close vigil in the lanes and by-lanes of this holy city. It is to be noted that civic body poll is being held in different parts of eastern UP tomorrow including Varanasi, Chandauli, Jaunpur, Ballia, Mau, Sonebhadra, Ghazipur, Bhadhoi, Azamgarh, Mirzapur etc.
Polling parties were sent to their respective centres on Monday morning. Total 897 presiding officers and 2681 employees have been deployed in Varanasi Nagar Nigam election.
