Over 30,000 police personal were deployed on security duty in Mumbai for the Maharashtra assembly elections, officials said. Pics/Team mid-day
Elaborate arrangements were made to maintain law and order and ensure smooth conduct of the elections, a police official had said on Tuesday
Five additional commissioners of police, 20 deputy commissioners of police, 83 assistant commissioners of police, more than 2,000 other police officers and 25,000 personnel were deployed for the voting day in Mumbai, he said
The traffic department separately deployed 144 officers and more than 1,000 other personnel on security duty, the official said
More than 4,000 Home Guards were deployed and several personnel drawn from various central and state security forces have been assigned duties at critical locations
To ensure free and fair elections, preventive action was effectively taken against 4,492 individuals under various legal provisions
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