STATE TIMES NEWS
REASI: To keep a check on use of liquor and cash to lure the voters besides effective monitoring of poll process, District Election Cell Reasi has constituted flying squads, static surveillance and video surveillance teams.
The flying squads have been constituted under each police station for assisting the department in implementing the Model Code of Conduct. These squads will remain functional till the completion of polls. The election for the three assembly constituencies of Reasi is scheduled to be held on 2nd December.
The flying squads are headed by officials with Executive Magisterial power and comprise police officials and videographers for recording all their activities on daily basis.
Returning Officer 58-Reasi Tilak Raj Sharma, convened a consultative meeting with the election flying squads, video surveillance and static surveillance teams at Reasi today.
While addressing the members of these teams, the RO said that the squads have been entrusted with the responsibility to attend to all complaints of threat, intimidation, movement of anti-social elements, liquor, arms and ammunition, and flow of cash for the purpose of bribing electors.
Meanwhile, the static surveillance teams have been given the responsibility of putting up check-posts in expenditure-sensitive areas for keeping a check on illegal activities added the RO.
The RO further said that each team will submit a report in respect of seizures made on a daily basis to him.