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Karnataka election: 1.56 lakh police officers to be deployed on poll day

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Bengaluru: For the state's Assembly elections on May 10, the Karnataka State Election Commission has undertaken all necessary preparations. The commission is deploying 1.56 lakh police officers throughout the state to ensure that no adverse incidents occur.

The state has deputed up to 84,119 police officers, while the remaining ones are being recruited from bordering states.

According to a statement, 304 deputy superintendents of police (Dy SP), 991 inspectors, 20,601 sub-inspectors, and 650 companies of Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) would be deputed for polling duty in the state.

The 650 CAPF companies would include 101 from the Central Reserve Police Force, Border Security Force (108), Central Industrial Security Force (75), Indo-Tibetan Border Police (70), Sashastra Seema Bal (75), Railway Protection Force (35), and 186 of the Special Armed Police.

In Bengaluru 16,000 police personnel have been deputed for election duties. They will be deployed to 7,916 polling booths and 1,907 hypersensitive polling booths.


With inputs from IANS


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