BSF jawans take out flag march; accompany police in vehicle check

BSF jawans conduct flag march with police in Tirunelveli to enhance security ahead of upcoming Assembly elections.

The much-awaited election fever started here as the Border Security Force (BSF) jawans, who have arrived here from Chhattisgarh as part of the upcoming Assembly election security arrangements to be made ahead of the polls, took flag march here along with the police and accompanied the law-enforcers in vehicle checks organised at several places on Tuesday.

After being flagged-off at Kurukkuthurai, the flag march traversed several busy commercial and residential areas of Tirunelveli to allay security concerns, instil confidence among the voters and ensure free and fair polls.

As the police commenced the vehicle check at several areas of Tirunelveli city on Tuesday, as being done usually ahead of elections, the armed BSF men accompanied the police. The vehicle check will be conducted round the clock at the check posts and also at the spots randomly selected by the police.

BSF personnel and local police jointly taking out flag march in Thoothukudi on Tuesday for upcoming Assembly Election. | Photo Credit: N. RAJESH

Deputy Inspector General of Police, Tirunelveli Range P. Saravanan met the BSF jawans from Rajasthan at their camp in Ervadi on Tuesday to personally ascertain the facilities created for their stay. After inspecting the camp, Mr. Saravanan interacted with the jawans to understand their problems, if any and instructed the police officers to rectify the deficiencies immediately.

In the evening, the BSF jawans carrying automatic firearms took out flag march from the recently created police outpost at Perumpaththu after the double murder with caste overtone. After flagged by Superintendent of Police V. Prassannakumar, the flag march traversed Perumpaththu, Perumpaththu Indra Colony and Manjankulam, one of the problematic hamlets in Nanguneri area.