Security stepped up at booths affected by Left extremism
The Hindu
The police have beefed up security measures in booths affected by Left Wing Extremism (LWE) in Wayanad district in view of the forthcoming Assembly polls.District Police Chief Aravind Sukumar told The
The police have beefed up security measures in booths affected by Left Wing Extremism (LWE) in Wayanad district in view of the forthcoming Assembly polls. District Police Chief Aravind Sukumar told The Hindu on Monday that 175 booths of the total 948 booths in the district had been identified as sensitive ones. Of these, 124 booths had been identified those affected by LWE and three-level security measures would be set up those places, Mr. Sukumar said. Route marches had been conducted in major towns and special patrolling would be carried out in LWE-affected areas. Web casting facilities would be set up in all sensitive booths and CCTV cameras would be installed in those booths where web casting facility was not possible owing to network issues, he said.More Related News