SP P H D Rama Krishna: Ensure steps to conduct local polls peacefully in Guntur

Guntur: Urban Superintendent of Police P H D Rama Krishna directed the police officials to take steps to conduct local body elections in a free and fair manner.

He conducted a meeting with the police officials at District Police Office here on Saturday.

Speaking on the occasion, Rama Krishna instructed the police personnel to make elaborate security arrangements for civic body elections to prevent untoward incidents.

He instructed them to visit sensitive and hyper-sensitive polling booths along with revenue officials and conduct meetings with leaders of all political parties to implement election code of conduct strictly.

He also asked the police officials to discharge duties impartially and instructed them to remove flexis, hoardings and cover the statues of leaders immediately.

He directed the police personnel to book bind over cases who create law and order problem within the purview of each police station and execute pending warrants immediately. He asked them to furnish actual situation within the purview of polling booths to the higher officials. He instructed the police officials to set up CCTV cameras at polling booths and police personnel attending the duties should wear body worn cameras. He directed them to set up check-posts and intensify the vehicle checking. They could also use drone cameras in the sensitive areas, he pointed out and instructed them to give information if any leader was distributing money or liquor to influence the voters and send that information to the higher officials immediately with the help of the Nigha app. He directed the officials to create awareness on the App.