Maharashtra elections: 75 sensitive booths in district

KOLHAPUR: To ensure free and fair elections, the district election office has identified 75 polling stations in the district and termed them as ‘sensitive.’ The police department has been alerted to keep an eye on these polling stations.

In addition, police will also monitor on 185 villages in the district which they suspect may create law and order problems during the elections.

Superintendent of Police Abhinav Deshmukh said, “There are 75 sensitive polling booths in the district. We have prepared a list of these centres. Special police force and homeguard teams will be deployed at these centres on the polling day to ensure free and fair elections.”

“We have also identified 158 villages that are marked as sensitive owing to the past incidents of violence during the election period. Special precautions are being taken and we have deployed flying squads at these villages to ensure that no untoward incident takes place,” he said.