Pradeep Kumar Rat, Special Representative:
In Lakshmipur-2 (Ratherpur-Sadar Ekang) constituency, 120 out of 146 polling stations are at risk, but in spite of which 60 centers have been identified as ‘important’ (risk) by Ratpur Thana and District Police.
Ratpur Upazila Election Office, two armed policemen in the general polling stations of the upazila, three armed policemen will be in the center of the important (risk) and there will be 12 Ansar and VDP members and one or two village policemen in each center.
On the other hand, there will be three armed policemen in the general polling stations and four armed policemen in important centers and 12 Ansar and VDP members in each center.
There will be a mobile patrol team for each center in the area, with striking forces for all polling stations. 6 and 7 will be the additional mobile striking force. 6 platoons will be located as BGB-RAB-services reserve forces, along with the Battalion Ansar as a striking force.
In this context, Ratpur Police Station OC Isasin Farooq Majurdar said, ‘79 centers in Ratapur and 67 centers in Sadar part have been identified as dangerous. At the risk centers, there will be four policemen and 12 Ansar members, while at the low-risk centres, there will be striking forces in the mobile team, police stations and control rooms.’
He added that the K-9 unit of the Soft, Bomb Disposal Unit and Dog Scoad will also be kept as striking, with three levels of security arrangements for the election, from the announcement of the schedule to the day before the election, one for election day and the other for post-election events.
Ratpur Regional Election Officer Md. Fatsal Alam said, ‘Our preparation is complete.’ Election equipment has already reached most of the constituencies.’
It should be noted that the total number of voters in Laxmipur-2 seat is 4 lakh 67 thousand 482. Among them 2 lakh 23 thousand 491 people in 10 unions including municipality of Rakpur upazila (women-118372 and male-125119). In 9 units of Sadar Upazila, total 9 units of 4 lakh 43 thousand 991 people (men-106770 people and women-111163).
