Chennai under tight security as 23,000 police, CAPF deployed for Assembly polls
Chennai has deployed 23,000 police personnel and 31 Central Armed Police Forces companies to ensure security during the Assembly elections, focusing on law and order and preventing election-related offences across all polling stations and sensitive locations.
- ▪The Greater Chennai City Police have deployed 23,000 personnel for the Assembly polls.
- ▪31 companies of the Central Armed Police Forces are assisting in maintaining security.
- ▪Security has been heightened at vulnerable and sensitive locations across the city.
- ▪There are 24 Assembly constituencies within the GCP limits.
- ▪Of these, 15 constituencies are fully and nine are partially under GCP jurisdiction.
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To maintain law and order during the Assembly elections and prevent election-related offences, the Greater Chennai City Police have deployed 23,000 personnel and 31 companies of the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) across all polling stations, while also strengthening security at locations identified as vulnerable and sensitive.There are 24 Assembly constituencies within the Greater Chennai City Police (GCP) limits, of which 15 fall entirely within the jurisdiction and nine are partly covered.
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