Three-tier security to be in place at 36 counting centres in city

He added that 300 officers and 23,700 constables had been deployed at counting centres to man the outermost cordon, while 17 CRPF companies and 28 SRPF platoons were stationed in the city.

The remaining Mumbai Police manpower will be deployed at strategic locations across the city. “Apart from voting day, it is the day of counting when we have to be extra vigilant as the results are more likely to lead to law and order problems. This time, the chances of clashes are higher as there are no alliances,” said a senior officer.

Apart from the counting centres, the police will also enforce bandobast at residences of candidates and sensitive pockets in the city. Areas where supporters of rival parties stay in large numbers had also been designated at sensitive pockets, the police said.

Further, the police made arrangements outside counting centres to ensure that supporters of various parties were well separated from each other.
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