Srinagar: All the 3,397 polling booths in the Kashmir Valley are either hyper-
sensitive or sensitive and none of them fall in the normal category.
There is not a single polling booth in Kashmir Valley, which is normal. They either
fall in the category of hyper-sensitive or sensitive, IG police K Rajender Kumar
said in an interview.
While 1,979 polling stations, out of total 3,397, are hyper-sensitive, remaining
1,418 polling stations fall in the category of sensitive, he said.
Giving the details of the security measures taken at these polling stations, Kumar
said while nearly three sections of security personnel were deployed at hyper-
sensitive polling stations, for sensitive polling stations, two sections were
pressed into service.
This deployment was in addition to the state police.
Besides, the 60,000-strong state police who were mainly looking after the election
process except the skeleton staff at police stations and important establishments in
the state, the state has also received hundreds of companies of para-military forces
to check any untoward incident during the elections in the Valley, Kumar said.
The para-military forces include companies of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF),
Border Security Force (BSF), Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) and others, the
inspector general said, adding this time the state had received the forces well in
time, which would help in their judicious deployment at various locations.
PTI
