Police leaving nothing to likelihood: DGP
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‘Tight security is being arranged to ensure smooth conduct of panchayat elections’
Tight safety will likely be organized on the 13,133 gram panchayats and 1,30,749 wards for which elections are being carried out at 1,35,852 polling stations, Director General of Police D. Gautam Sawang has mentioned.
“To ensure peaceful conduct of the elections, the police have bound over 1,47,391 persons. Public and private persons have surrendered 9,199 licensed weapons,” Mr. Gautam Sawang informed the media on the AP Police Headquarters at Mangalagiri right here on Saturday.
He additional mentioned that 12,779 security-related (certain over) and 707 circumstances pertaining to seizures resembling gold, liquor, ganja and so on. have been registered.
Striking forces
“Bandobust is being arranged at the polling stations with 1,122 route mobile parties, 257 striking forces, 143 special striking forces, and 199 mobile check posts. Besides, nine reserve parties attached to the Superintendents of Police and nine reserve parties under the control of Addition SPs will be kept ready,” he mentioned.
The police had to date booked 44 circumstances in opposition to election-related offences. This determine was 87 in 2013 native physique elections.
The police had to date seized ₹5.02 crore in money, 9.5 kg gold, 188 kg silver, 125 automobiles, 2,278 kg of ganja and liquor, all value about ₹13.03 crore, the DGP mentioned.
‘Social media posts under scanner’
“We have 8,555 sensitive and 6,254 hyper sensitive polling stations. We have set up static check- posts and arranged pickets in faction areas. Besides, mapping of vulnerable polling stations has also been done,” Mr. Sawang mentioned, and added that particular focus can be laid on social media posts.
Special Enforcement Bureau (SEB) Commissioner Vineet Brijlal mentioned that 13,092 excise offenders have been certain over. Special drives and shock raids have been being carried out within the delicate and hyper delicate areas.
“Since January 23, the SEB has arrested 1,979 persons in 2,587 cases, seized 12,547 litres of IMFL, and 20,578 litres of ID liquor. It has destroyed 8,23,044 litres of fermented jaggery wash. We have also seized 355 vehicles,” Mr. Vineet mentioned.
Additional DG (Law and Order) Ravi Shankar Ayyanar, and DIGs Rajashekar Babu and Pala Raju have been current.
