Reviews poll arrangements: Additional Director General of Police (Law and Order) K. Radhakrishnan (centre) inspecting the polling booth at Chinna Bargur Panchayat Union Primary School in Krishnagiri on Saturday. Pramod Kumar, Inspector General of Police (Western region), (second right), K. Vannia Perumal, (second left), A.G. Babu (right), Superintendent of Police, Krishnagiri and R. Sudhakar (left), Superintendent of Police, Dharmapuri are in the picture. —
KRISHNAGIRI: Security forces in the district are fully geared up for the peaceful conduct of the bye-election to the Bargur Assembly constituency, K. Radhakrishnan, Additional Director General of Police (Law and Order), said here on Saturday.
Mr. Radhakrishnan held a brief meeting with A.G. Babu, Superintendent of Police, Krishnagiri, R. Sudhakar, SP, Dharmapuri, D. Magesh Kumar, ADSP (PEW), DSPs and Inspectors at the Bargur Police Station.
He inspected a polling booth at Chinna Bargur Panchayat Primary School in Bargur along with Promod Kumar, Inspector General of Police (Western Region) and K. Vannya Perumal, DIG (Salem).
Speaking to reporters he said that four Deputy Superintendent of Police, two Additional Superintendent of Police, 39 Inspectors, 1,200 police personnel and two companies of Tamil Nadu Special Police Battalion from Pochampalli would be deployed for poll security.
The constituency comes under eight police stations in the district.
Of this, seven police stations would be equipped with a Quick Reaction Team (QRT) with 10 police personnel and a Sub-Inspector.
There would be 49 mobile parties patrolling round-the-clock in the constituency.
All the booths would be manned by a policeman and in the case of hyper-sensitive booths two policemen would be deployed.
In view of the bye-poll, 57 persons were taken into preventive custody.
Of the total 567 arrest warrants issued by the courts, 284 persons were arrested. 548 licensed guns were surrendered and 4 illegal possession of guns were seized.
Six persons were arrested under Goondas Act. Five cases were filed against the political parties for violating model code of conduct.
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