Amid ‘peaceful’ polling, voters complain of names missing from electoral rolls in Pune, Maval and Shirur

Top officials were in praise of the close to 19,000 security personnel — including police, home guards and Central Armed Police Forces personnel — deployed across Pune district, who played a key role in ensuring smooth conduct of the elections.

The area of Pune Lok Sabha seat and parts of Shirur constituency come under the jurisdiction of Pune City Police. Some areas of Shirur and Maval as well as a small area of the Pune seat come under the jurisdiction of Pimpri Chinchwad police. Pune Rural police’s jurisdiction preside over areas of Maval and Shirur Lok Sabha seats.

Pimpri Chinchwad police commissioner Vinoykumar Choubey said, “Voting in our jurisdiction was peaceful. We ensured there was a visible police presence.” Joint Commissioner of Police (Law and Order) Praveen Pawar said, “In coordination with other agencies, we managed to ensure peaceful conduct of the polls.”

Officials from the three police jurisdictions said that their teams responded to a few incidents in which angry groups of people, whose names were missing from the voters’ lists, were arguing with polling officials. “Police teams at the centre and those deployed nearby responded to these calls and intervened. With the help of polling officials, these situations were dealt with and no untoward incident was reported,” said an officer.

Pune Rural Superintendent of Police Pankaj Deshmukh said, “Polling was conducted smoothly, with no disruptions to law and order.”