Personnel of the paramilitary forces landed in Tiruchi on Wednesday to bolster security for the upcoming Srirangam bypoll.
Personnel of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), Border Security Force (BSF), and the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP), who arrived from different districts of the State, were accommodated at various locations in the city.
While three BSF companies came from Coimbatore, two companies of ITBP personnel arrived from Sivaganga district, and the CRPF personnel came from Chennai.
The Election Commission had sanctioned 10 companies of paramilitary forces for the Srirangam byelection slated to be held on February 13. While seven companies would be deployed in the Tiruchi Rural Police limits, the remaining would be posted in the Tiruchi City Police limits. The paramilitary personnel would shore up the security apparatus of the Tiruchi City Police and Tiruchi Rural Police.
The paramilitary personnel would be deployed in all polling stations in the Srirangam constituency on the day of election, according to police sources.
The constituency which has an electorate of 2.70 lakh,
encompasses 322 polling booths: 234 in Tiruchi Rural Police limits and the rest under the Tiruchi City Police jurisdiction.
The personnel would also be used in mobile parties and at the counting centre, a senior official said.
As per the security plan drafted for the bypoll, around 2,500 police personnel, including members of the paramilitary, would be deployed on the polling day.
