Thiruvananthapuram: State Police chief Loknath Behra on Saturday (April 3) knowledgeable that the Kerala Police is absolutely geared to present all the safety on April 6, the polling day and has posted 59,292 police officials for obligation.
“481 police stations in the state have been divided into 142 sub-divisions and are under the direct control of the 14 district police chiefs. Of the 59,292 police officials, it includes 24,788 special police officers and comprises 258 deputy superintendents of police, 784 inspectors and 4,405 sub inspectors,” mentioned Behra.
Apart from the Kerala Police officials, there can be 140 corporations of CISF, CRPF and BSF officials and that is the largest deployment of central forces in any election within the state.
The polling cubicles are situated at 13,830 locations and it’ll have 1,694 patrolling groups and this crew can attain any polling sales space if a necessity arises in a matter of 10 minutes.
“Each team will have a videographer besides drones which would be put into service, especially in interior places. It has also been decided to give police protection to polling agents and those who desire can get in touch with their respective police stations. There will be a 24 hour control room at the state police headquarters,” mentioned Behra.
In a associated improvement, the Chief Electoral Officer knowledgeable the Kerala High Court that whole safety has been offered on the entry factors in Idukki district bordering Tamil Nadu to monitor people who find themselves coming into the state on the April 5 and 6.
The officer knowledgeable the courtroom after three Congress-led UDF candidates in Idukki got here with a petition that it`s widespread apply for individuals who dwell within the border areas to vote in Tamil Nadu and Kerala and such issues shouldn’t occur.
Incidentally Kerala and Tamil Nadu go to polls on April 6.
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