59,000 law enforcement officials deployed for ballot responsibility in Kerala

By Express News Service
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The state police have beefed up safety within the state forward of the meeting polls and can deploy 59,229 cops on election responsibility. As many as 481 police stations within the state have been divided into 142 election sub-division for arranging safety. 

Apart from native police, officers from the Crime Branch, Vigilance, Railway Police, Armed Battalion, Training centres, Fire and Rescue, Excise, Forest, Motor Vehicles Department and Marine Enforcement have additionally been deployed.

A complete of 140 corporations of Central forces have additionally been deployed. State Police Chief Loknath Behera mentioned 1,694 patrol groups, every consisting of a videographer, have been fashioned to cowl all of the polling cubicles. In Naxal-affected areas, Special Operation Group and Thunderbolt have been deployed to supply safety, he added.

Drone amenities will probably be additionally used to detect poll-day violence, whereas 152 border factors have been sealed to stop the smuggling of contraband and journey of criminals. The polling brokers of the political events can search police safety in the event that they face any menace.

1,500 cops in capital metropolis

As many as 1,500 law enforcement officials have been deployed for election responsibility within the capital metropolis. Besides, 700 cops from the Central forces and 1,000 particular law enforcement officials may also be deployed. The metropolis has 1,403 polling stations and 50 patrol groups have been fashioned to cowl all these stations. The metropolis has 206 delicate cubicles, 10 essential cubicles and 81 susceptible cubicles. Special safety steps have been taken in these cubicles to make sure trouble-free and clear ballot, mentioned Police Commissioner Balram Kumar Upadhyay.