Chandigarh, January 19
The EC has identified around 2,376 troublemakers. Chief Electoral Officer Dr S Karuna Raju revealed that as many as 1,088 vulnerable hamlets have been identified, besides 2,376 persons have been identified as probable sources of trouble.
He said preventive action had already been initiated against 1,129 persons while the remaining would also be brought to book.
Raju said from a security point of view, 725 persons had been bound down under preventive sections of the CrPC.
He further said as many as 2,221 cases of non-bailable warrants had been executed, while execution in 191 cases was under process. “As many as 6,339 nakas have been operational across the state.”
Apart from that complying with the EC directions, as many as 3.54 lakh licenced weapons had been deposited ahead of the polls, Raju said, adding that this comprised 91.10% of 3.90 lakh licenced weapons in the state.
The CEO said 27 weapons without licence had been seized so far. —
Identifies over 2K ‘troublemakers’
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