Overview
- Close to 21,000 personnel from Pune and Pimpri Chinchwad police, Home Guards and SRPF companies are being deployed under a plan cleared by electoral and district authorities.
- Pune Police report 3,439 preventive actions, 179 cases under the Maharashtra Prohibition Act and execution of 313 non-bailable warrants during the Model Code period.
- Seizures include ₹67 lakh in cash in Pune, narcotics valued at about ₹26.84 lakh under the NDPS Act, 15 firearms with 15 cartridges, 29 sharp weapons and the deposit of 3,294 licensed weapons.
- The security footprint features 143 cordoned sectors in Pune, over 100 sensitive locations, fixed and mobile video surveillance teams, and pre-poll route marches from identified hotspots.
- Authorities say no election-related violence has been reported so far, with polling on January 15 and counting on January 16 under continued vigilance.