According to officials, 800 companies of paramilitary forces and over 60,000 policemen will provide security in 59 assembly seats in Uttar Pradesh, where elections will be held in the fourth phase on Wednesday.
Polling will be held at 13,813 polling stations and 24,580 polling stations in 208 police station areas in nine districts of Fatehpur, Banda, Pilibhit, Hardoi, Kheri, Lucknow, Rae Bareli, Sitapur and Unnao. State Police said.
According to the police, out of 59 assembly constituencies, three have been classified as sensitive and 590 as sensitive.
A total of 137 pink booths have been set up in the fourth phase under the direction of the Election Commission to specifically motivate women to vote, the UP Police said in a statement. 36 women inspectors and sub-inspectors, and 277 women constables and chief constables have been deployed at these pink booths.
In the fourth phase, three assembly constituencies Hussainganj, Bindki and Fatehpur have been kept in the ‘sensitive’ category, while a total of 590 majras and areas have been categorized as ‘sensitive’ and 3,393 polling stations as ‘critical’. Police said. For the fourth phase of assembly elections, the northern state has got 860 companies of Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs), whose personnel will be deployed at all polling stations.
800 companies would be engaged for booth duty, while 52 companies engaged for law and order duty, 23 at QRTs (Quick Response Teams), 10 at Inter-State Barrier Points, among others. Similarly, in the fourth phase, 7,022 inspectors and sub-inspectors of Uttar Pradesh Police, 58,132 head constables and constables along with 21 companies of PAC, 50,490 home guards, 185 PRD jawans and 8,486 chowkidars will be deployed. Statement.
Ahead of the elections, police said that 1.52 lakh licensed weapons have been deposited in these districts since the day the model code of conduct came into force, while 342 licensed weapons have been seized and 449 arms licenses cancelled. Police said that in view of the possibility of breach of peace during elections, 45,553 preventive action has been taken against 5.36 lakh people under Section 107/116 of CrPC, while 5.09 lakh people have been compelled under Section 116(3) of CrPC. has gone.
A total of 38 illegal arms factories have been busted in 59 assembly seats, while 1,361 illegal arms and 1,527 live cartridges have been recovered and 29 kg of explosives and 38 bombs have also been confiscated. Police said that Rs 6.65 crore in cash, Rs 87.63 lakh in precious metals and Rs 4.02 crore in illicit liquor have been seized so far.
It said that 142 cases of cognizable offenses and 76 cases of non-cognizable offenses have been registered so far for violation of the code of conduct in the districts of the fourth phase of polling, while 36 cases have been registered for various violations related to elections. . In the fourth phase of elections, 624 candidates are in the fray for 59 seats, out of which the BJP won 51 seats in the 2017 elections.
The results of the elections will be declared on March 10.
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