Election 2008Khulna City

5,000 security men to be on poll duty

27 December 2008, 18:00 PM

Staff Correspondent, Khulna

A security net has been thrown in the entire metropolitan city centring Monday's parliamentary election. Over 5,000 security forces comprising army, Rapid Action Battalion, BDR, Armed Police Battalion (APBN) and Ansars will be deployed to ensure peaceful holding of elections in 260 polling centres in the metropolitan city. Special Branch of Khulna Metropolitan Police (KMP) has identified 170 out of 260 polling centres as risky where about three thousand police and Ansars will be engaged on election day to maintain law and order. Each of these 170 risky centres will have five policemen, and twelve Ansars while 90 others will get three policemen and twelve Ansars for round-the-clock duty from Sunday midnight. Besides, 26 mobile teams each comprising ten security forces will patrol all the 260 polling centres.