Chhattisgarh Assembly elections: Three-layered security cover for over 600 polling booths in Bastar

More than 600 polling booths in sensitive areas of Naxal-hit Bastar division, which will vote on November 7 in the first phase of Chhattisgarh Assembly elections, will be under three-layered security cover, police said

More than 600 polling booths in sensitive areas of Naxal-hit Bastar division, which will vote on November 7 in the first phase of Chhattisgarh Assembly elections, will be under three-layered security cover, police said.

Around 60,000 security personnel, 40,000 of them belonging to the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) and 20,000 from the State police, have been deployed for the smooth conduct of polls in Bastar division which has 12 Assembly segments, they said.

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Members of the elite anti-Naxal unit CoBRA and women commandos will also be a part of the security apparatus, the police said.

Due to security reasons, 149 polling stations in five Assembly constituencies of the division have been shifted to the nearest police station and security camps, they said.

Naxal activities will be monitored through drones and helicopters. Bomb disposal team and dog squad will also be roped in, according to the police.

Polling to the 90-member State Assembly will be held in two phases on November 7 and 17.