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More than 600 polling booths in the Naxal-hit Bastar division will be placed under a three-layered security arrangement for the first phase of Chhattisgarh assembly elections scheduled for Tuesday, according to police sources...
Among these, 40,000 are from the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF), and the remaining 20,000 are from the state police, they said.. Members of the elite anti-Naxal unit CoBRA and women commandos will also be a part of the security apparatus, the police said.. Related Articles..
Central paramilitary forces and special forces like District Reserve Guard, Special Task Force, Bastar Fighters (all units of the state police) and CoBRA (Commando Battalion for Resolute Action an elite unit of CRPF) have been deployed for security of polling station and roads, the statement said.. Special forces from adjoining states like Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra and Odisha will also handle the front along the interstate border, he said...
There will be security arrangements comprising central paramilitary forces and local police in other polling booths as per the criteria of the Election Commission, he said.. Polling personnel and EVMs for more than 156 polling stations in the interior areas are being shifted to their destinations by helicopters, it said.. Due to security reasons, a total of 149 polling stations in Bijapur, Narayanpur, Antagarh, Dantewada and Konta assembly constituencies were shifted to the nearest police station and security camp...
In the 2018 assembly elections, 196 polling stations were shifted while 330 booths were relocated in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections in the region, the statement said.. New polling stations have been established in more than 126 locations this time compared to the 2018 assembly elections..
