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Chandigarh, Oct 4: The UT police have deployed more than 1,000 personnel to ensure that no untoward incident occurs on Wednesday, the day when votes will be counted to determine who will represent the Union Territory in the Lok Sabha.
At each of the five counting centres, 75 police personnel have been deployed, who will be headed by a deputy superintendent of police and accompanied by two inspectors.
Besides, a DSP, two inspectors and 100 personnel will be stationed at the office of deputy commissioner-cum-returning officer. Each of the three sub-divisional police officers SDPOs will have a reserve each of 24 persons separately for day and night. At the Sector 9 Police Headquarters, 400 personnel will be stationed to meet any urgent situation at any of the centres.
UT SSP C. S. R. Reddy and Superintendent of Police Headquarters Baldev Singh will each keep a reserve force of 100 personnel, headed by an inspector. An additional reserve force has also been kept to be rushed to the residence of the winning candidate. Force has also been kept aside in case the winning candidate takes out a procession.
All the reserves will be ready with anti-riot equipment. Police will get to their positions by 6 a.m. on the day of counting.
