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Meerut Police Zone is among the most sensitive areas going for elections in this phase. 2,300 of its 6,098 polling centres have been identified as extra-sensitive and 1,700 sensitive. 647 candidates are in the fray for the 42 Assembly seats here. To avoid any trouble, and goaded by the Election Commission, which will be using helicopters to monitor polls in this belt, the administration has gone on an overdrive. Some figures:
8226; 7 districts
8226; 2.5 lakh people here identified as 8216;suspected mischief-makers8217;. More than 2 lakh made to sign bonds promising good behaviour. Residents say overzealous cops sent notices in the name of even the dead and children
8226; Bulandshahr leads the way in number of 8216;trouble makers8217; 50,000, followed by Muzaffarnagar around 40,000,
Saharanpur around 35,000, Meerut around 35,000 and Baghpat 30,000
8226; By April first week, 5,928 of 7,286 alleged criminals picked up. 782 surrender, while 492 are found to be wrongly named. 69 continue to evade police
8226; 19 illegal gun factories busted, around 2,800 non-bailable warrants executed
8226; Thousand odd people booked under the Arms Act
8226; Around 70,000 licensed weapons taken into custody, 60 firearms licences revoked
8226; 8 prisoners lodged in the Meerut
District Jail ordered transferred to jails outside, probably Gorakhpur and Unnao, to avoid trouble. On March 30, inmates had attacked an STF headed by DIG,
Prisons, Agra range during surprise checks
8226; 50 8216;micro observers8217; to be deployed in Chhaprauli constituency Ajit Singh8217;snbsp; turf and Khekra Madan Bhaiyya contesting on RLD ticket from here. Another 50 for Kharkhauda constituency of
Mulayam8217;s rebel minister Haji Yaqub Qureshi
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