Nandyal Superintendent of Police (SP), K. Raghuveer Reddy, said that the peaceful conclusion of the polling process here on May 13 (Monday), was a consequence of the tough measures instituted by the police department to keep trouble-mongers at bay.
Addressing a media conference here on Friday, he said that for the first time, the district had witnessed general elections without any faction-related violence, normally resulting in deaths and destruction.
Mr. Raghuveer Reddy listed the series of precautionary measures taken, such as the bind-over of 8,522 trouble-mongers; tightening of surveillance at the inter-district check-posts to prevent the entry of liquor, freebies and cash; deployment of Central Armed Police Forces to conduct flag marches in sensitive and critical villages to instil courage among residents to step out to cast their votes.
