The local election office has identified 104 polling centres of the total 118 as vulnerable in the Kishoreganj-4 constituency which is set begin by-polls on Wednesday, reports UNB.
The above information was disclosed on June 30 at the conference room of the deputy commissioner’s office during a preparatory meeting for the by-polls.
Presided over by Returning Officer M Jahid Hossain, the meeting was attended by Kishoreganj Deputy Commissioner M Siddikur Rahman, Superintendent of Police M Anwar Hossain and other high officials of local Rapid Action Battalion, Border Guard Bangladesh and Ansar.
Meeting sources said three-tier security has been adopted for each of the voting centres and a total of 6,000 members from different law enforcing agencies would be deployed at all the polling centres.
M Gulam Ruhul Kuddus, Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP), who was also present at the meeting, said 36 patrol teams of 325 members and 12 sticking forces would perform their duty in the constituency till July 4, the next day of the by-polls.
Major Majedur Jabed, Deputy Commander of BGB Netrokuna camp, said a total of 75 BGB personnel in three platoons will patrol the area during polls.
SP M Anwar Hossain of Kishoreganj said 1,936 policemen would be deployed alongside 200 armed policemen to maintain law and order while voting takes place, and 594 Ansar members would also be deployed to fend off any untoward situation.
M Jahid Hossain said all necessary steps have been taken to handle any untoward incident during the election and a government holiday has also been declared for the day.
A total of 279,719 voters will cast their votes in 24 unions of the constituency.
The Kishoreganj-4 parliamentary seat fell vacant as the MP from the constituency, Speaker Abdul Hamid, was elected President of the country on April 22.
The ruling Awami League nominated Rejwan Ahmed Toufiq, eldest son of the President, as a candidate in the Kishoreganj-4 by-polls while the party’s ‘rebel’ candidate Syed Mahitul Islam Asim is vying against him as an independent candidate.
