A day after the Election Commission of India announced the dates of the poll for the General Elections 2024, Punjab Director General of Police Gaurav Yadav said that Punjab Police is fully geared up to ensure free, fair and peaceful elections in the border state. The DGP accompanied by Special DGP Law and Order Arpit Shukla was virtually briefing all the senior Police officers of the state from Chandigarh today. Polling for the general elections in the state will be held in the last phase of polls on June 1st.

Akashvani correspondent reports that security has been beefed up across the state and field officers have been asked to audit the police force. 25 companies of Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) have been deployed to instil confidence among the general public as well as to dominate sensitive and hyper-sensitive areas in the state. These companies include 15 companies of the Border Security Force BSF and five-five companies of the Central Reserve Police Force CRPF and Indo-Tibetan Border Police ITBP. The checking at Inter-state borders has been intensified to check the movement of anti-social elements, criminals and drug smugglers. All district police officers have already been asked to keep vigil around and carry out flag marches in their jurisdictions to build confidence.