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Steps to ensure peaceful polling in naxal-hit areas

CHIKMAGALUR: Vipul Kumar, Superintendent of Police, said here on Tuesday that steps have been taken to ensure peaceful polling in the naxal-affected areas of Chikmagalur district.

Speaking to presspersons, Mr. Vipul Kumar said the threat by Maoists that they would disrupt polling has been taken seriously by the authorities and special security arrangements have been made in sensitive areas to maintain law and order.

He said 20 polling stations have been identified in these areas and the anti-naxal force as well as armed police personnel will be deployed.

He said bandobast will be made in three stages, pre-poll, during polling and post-poll.

Reiterating that the directions of the Election Commission will be strictly adhered to, he said police inspectors have been appointed as nodal officers in all the Assembly segments.

They will ensure that the model code of conduct is followed, receive complaints from the public and liaison with election observers and submit periodical reports.

In addition, a complaints cell will be started in the police headquarters in Chikmagalur as well as in all the constituencies.

Stating that officials on election duty have been supplied with hand-held cameras and digital cameras, he said violations of the model code of conduct will be recorded and reported to the Election Commission.

He said four personnel each of the Central Reserve Police Force will be deployed in all the 248 hyper sensitive polling stations in the district.

Police squads have been formed to monitor the situation in all the polling stations, he added.

He said a list of 377 persons who are absconding after being issued with non-bailable warrants by court has been prepared and presented to the district election officer with the recommendation that their names be removed from the voter list.

Similarly, the movement of 80 persons who reportedly indulged in violence in the previous three elections are being closely monitored and they will be taken into preventive custody, if necessary.

He said five check-posts have been established in M.C. Halli, Antharaghatta, Sakrepatna, Kottegehara and Aldur to check vehicles entering the district from neighbouring districts.

In addition to the 2,138 police personnel deployed for election duty, the KSRP, the BSF and a special platoon of Kerala police have also been requisitioned, he said.

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