A three-tier security arrangement has been put in place at three counting centres in Cuddalore, Villupuram and Kallakurichi districts where polled electronic voting machines (EVMs), along with voter verifiable paper audit trail (VVPAT) units, have been kept in strong rooms.
Personnel of the Central Armed Police Forces, the Armed Reserve Police, the Tamil Nadu Special Police and the District police are guarding the centres round the clock.
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