64,000 police officers to provide election security- IGP
[TamilNet, Friday, 19 March 2004, 14:09 GMT]
Close to sixty thousand police officers would be deployed to
strengthen the security in all parts of Sri Lanka with the objective of ensuring free
and fair elections, said the Inspector General of Police Mr.Indra de Silva
addressing a press conference Friday.
About twenty thousand police personnel would be assigned to provide
protection to candidates contesting in the northeast province, he added. Approximately 21 thousand police personnel would be deployed to provide
security to polling stations through out the island on the polling day
which has been fixed for April 02 . The service of home guards would also
be enlisted for election work, added Mr.Indra de Silva. Protection to the President and Prime Minister would be strengthened
during election
period , Mr.Indra de Silva said.
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