Karnataka turns fortress ahead of the assembly election results

Karnataka to turn into a fortress ahead of the counting day of the assembly elections. 56,000 police personnel to be deployed across the state and of which 11,000 to be deployed in Bangalore alone.

These forces will be used to make sure no untoward incidents occur during the counting. District SP and zone DCP in the city have been given the responsibility of law and order in their respective jurisdiction.

Karnataka will have 38 counting centres and Bangalore 5, the police will put up barricades half kilometre away from the counting centre to make sure public would not gather in these crucial places.

"Karnataka police has taken enough measures to make sure counting too like polling, will go on peacefully in the state. We will be checking who enters the counting centres, only people with valid passes will be allowed. We are using central forces, state forces together," said, AGDP Law and Order Kamal Pant.

Bangalore will see one Raid Action Force company and 20 Karnataka State Reserve Police platoons deployed for the five counting centres in the city.

Counting of votes for Karnataka assembly election begins at 8 am on Tuesday, May 15. Our live coverage begins at 7 am. Watch this space for the latest results. Follow our complete coverage here

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