Following the suspension of a flying squad official recently for failing to properly check the cavalcade of Nilgiris Lok Sabha MP, A. Raja, the district collector has announced that the number of flying squads has been increased from nine to twelve.
In a press release issued by the collector’s office, it was stated, “In view of the general elections to Lok Sabha 2024, the district administration has deployed 9 Flying Squad Teams (FST), 9 Static Surveillance Teams (SST) and one Video Surveillance Team (VST) each for Udhagamandalam, Gudalur and Coonoor Assembly Segments of Nilgiris parliamentary constituency.”
The press release went onto state that as per the instructions of the Election Expenditure Observer D. Kiran, the FSTs, SSTs and VSTs in the assembly segments of Udhagamandalam, Gudalur and Coonoor have been increased to intensify the monitoring of expenditure of candidates.
