With 123 companies of central forces, Assam is prepared for

A total of 123 companies of central paramilitary forces are currently deployed in Assam and the state is prepared for the three-phase Lok Sabha elections, Director General of Police Dr Kuladhar Saikia said.

"Thirty three companies of paramilitary forces have recently been sent to the state. Ninety more such companies have also been in Assam for quite sometime," Saikia said.

"Our own Assam Police force is engaged for ensuring free and fair polls in the state. We are prepared for all the eventualities. We are ready to handle any situation," the DGP told a press conference here.

The 14 Lok Sabha constituencies of Assam will go to polls on April 11, 18 and 23.

 

Saikia said those engaged in the National Register of Citizens (NRC) related duty have not been pulled out for poll security work.

The DGP said he is in constant touch with his counterparts in the neighbouring states for maintaining law and order along the inter-state borders.

Saikia said, "Patrolling by security forces was intensified in the border posts and railway stations."

The DGP said vulnerable pockets were identified on the basis of law and order situation and repoll ordered during past elections.

Patrolling by security forces has been intensified in those areas.

However, he did not reveal names of the vulnerable constituencies or police stations, saying "It is a dynamic process and no figure can be given out at any given moment".

He said critical and non-critical polling stations had also been identified.