The authorities have finalised extensive security plans for the district.
Eight armed policemen will be deployed in each critical location facing Maoist threat and four each at other places.
Malappuram: The Election Commission has identified 30 polling stations in Malappuram facing Maoist threat. It has listed 1,331 places in the district as ‘critical’ which were earlier termed as sensitive. The authorities have finalised extensive security plans for the district.
Eight armed policemen will be deployed in each critical location facing Maoist threat and four each at other places. A total of 4,877 policemen will be on duty under the district police chief K. Vijayan.
They include paramilitary forces and a special police wing comprising ex-servicemen and senior NCC cadets. Each police station will have two full-time election patrolling wings.
( Source : Deccan Chronicle. )
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