Huzurabad turns into police garrison for Saturday’s bypoll
The Hindu
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The Huzurabad Assembly constituency, spanning five mandals — four in Karimnagar district and one in Hanamkonda district — virtually turned into a police garrison as the stage is set for the high stakes byelection to the Huzurabad Assembly seat on Saturday.
Of the total 306 polling stations, a staggering number of 127 polling stations (41.50%) have been classified as ‘critical’ polling stations in the constituency. Large contingents of State police as well as the Central armed police forces (CAPFs) comprising a total of 3,865 police personnel have been deployed to ensure a free and fair byelection and 1,715 polling staff have been pressed into service for the bypoll duty.
As many as 2,37,022 voters are expected to decide the fate of a total of 30 contestants in the Saturday’s byelection.