Over 30,000 personnel to be deployed in Chennai on election day
The Hindu
As per the guidelines of the Election Commission of India, there will be a three-tier bandobust arrangement at all counting centres.
With the curtains coming down on campaigning, the city has become a fortress with the deployment of police personnel and intensification of surveillance from Sunday evening. “We have been taking all efforts to ensure free and fair polls. We had large seizures in terms of cash, gold, liquor and drugs due to our intensive checking. In the next two days, we will continue our efforts to ensure smooth conduct of polls,” City Police Commissioner Mahesh Kumar Aggarwal told The Hindu. So far, over 330 cases have been booked against political parties and candidates for poll code violations and 605 cases under the provisions of the Tamil Nadu Open Places (Prevention of Disfigurement) Act. Nine cases were registered on charges of money distribution. About ₹44.11 crore in unaccounted cash, 50 kg of gold, 119 silver articles and 2,889 litres of liquor were seized across the city.More Related News