Punjab Police made foolproof security arrangements for AJK polls

LAHORE: Punjab Police made foolproof security arrangements for the Azad Kashmir Legislative Assembly elections across the province Sunday.

The IG monitored the situation and issued directions to all RPOs, CPOs and DPOs of the province before the elections. In a letter sent by IG Punjab to all the supervisory officers of the province, it was directed that Lahore CCPO, all RPOs, CPOs and DPOs should visit the sensitive polling stations in their districts and ensure security. For the elections, 835 polling stations and 1585 polling booths were set up across the province for the security of which 15,306 officers and personnel performed their duties while 859 police vehicles remained on roads for election duty. Anti-Riot Force troops were kept on high alert to deal with any uncertainty in sensitive areas while all election personnel were given an effective briefing on their sensitivity of duty, security arrangements and all threats including terrorism. Intelligence operators of Special Branch, CTD and district police also remained on high alert to seek information and monitor the situation. Moreover, additional forces were deployed at sensitive locations to deal with the uncertainty and reserved personnel were also deployed at the police lines.