PATNA: Bihar Police have sounded an alert across the state following a car explosion in New Delhi on Monday.
Bihar Director General of Police Vinay Kumar said all police stations have been instructed to maintain maximum vigilance after the Delhi blast, which left at least eight people dead and several others injured.
“The state is already on alert in view of the assembly elections. Instructions have been issued to all district police chiefs to take precautionary measures within their jurisdictions. Police headquarters is closely monitoring operations,” he told the media.
DGP Kumar urged voters to exercise their franchise without fear. Adequate deployment of central armed police and paramilitary forces has been made at polling booths across the 122 assembly constituencies going to the polls in the second phase on Tuesday. Polling will be conducted under tight security arrangements, he added.
“Patrolling in constituencies in border districts along the India–Nepal border has been intensified, and people entering from the Nepal side are being properly frisked by both the Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) and state police personnel,” a senior police officer said.
He added that the state’s border with Nepal has already been sealed as a precautionary measure. Additional vigilance is being maintained in the Seemanchal region, which is close to the Nepal and Bangladesh borders, the officer said on condition of anonymity.
Polling will take place in 24 assembly seats of the Seemanchal region, comprising Kishanganj, Purnea, Katihar, and Araria, on Tuesday.
