A total of 400 companies of central forces will be deployed in Tripura to ensure free and fair assembly elections later this month, a senior police officer said on Wednesday.
Elections to the 60-member assembly will be held on February 16.
바카라Around 200 companies of Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) will be arriving here by the first week of February for area domination, patrolling, and flag march apart from counter-insurgency operations,바카라 Assistant Inspector General (Law & Order) Jyotishman Das Chowdhury said.
바카라In total, 400 companies of central forces will be deployed in the state to ensure free, fair, and peaceful elections. This will be in addition to the state바카라s security personnel and BSF jawans who guard the India-Bangladesh border,바카라 the officer said.
Out of the 3,328 polling booths, 1,100 have been categorised as 바카라sensitive바카라 and 28 were identified as 바카라critical바카라, he said.
바카라A special drive for vehicle checking has been launched and so far 11,000 vehicles have been inspected,바카라 Chowdhury said.
Contraband worth Rs 5.89 crore has been seized by security forces in the last few weeks, he said, adding, firearms were also recovered by the law enforcement agencies.
The Election Commission has already launched a 바카라Zero Poll Violence바카라 campaign in the northeastern state.
In the last assembly elections in 2018, 300 companies of central forces were deployed in Tripura.