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Over a lakh security personnel to be deployed for poll duty

— Photo: K. Murali Kumar

Border Security Force personnel, who arrived for poll duty, taking out a flag march at K.P. Agrahara, Binnypet and surrounding areas on Magadi Road, in Bangalore on Sunday.

MYSORE: The process of procuring 225 companies of security personnel from the neighbouring States for the elections is on and each company will comprise over 100 personnel.

Border Security Force (BSF) and Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel had also been requisitioned for election duty.

Director-General of Police R. Srikumar told presspersons here on Sunday that more than one lakh security personnel, including 15,000 Home Guards and forest guards, would be deployed during the three phases of polling.

Out of the 225 companies, a majority of them had arrived and the remaining ones would land on Monday. Mysore district would get 10 companies, he said.

Mr. Srikumar said there was no dearth of police personnel as elections were being held only in Karnataka and sufficient number of personnel could be drawn from other States.

Observing that the State police had been handling security arrangements for the elections effectively, Mr. Srikumar said checkpoints had been set up across the State and the action had resulted in seizure of illicit liquor and crores of rupees. The police were fully geared up for the elections and all measures had been taken to ensure free and fair elections, the DGP said.

Mr. Srikumar said 200 companies would be deployed in the districts that would go to the polls in the first phase on May 10. The remaining 25 companies would be stationed in the districts where the elections were scheduled in the second and third phases.

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