Police Briefed on Security Protocols Ahead of Upcoming House of Representatives Election in Kaski

Pokhara. Police officers in charge of police posts and units under the District Police Office, who will be deployed for security during the House of Representatives election scheduled for Falgun 21, were briefed today on topics including election security and the code of conduct.

District Police Chief Superintendent Nabin Karki was present during an interaction and discussion regarding the district's security situation and strategies to be determined for the coming days, informed Deputy Superintendent of Police Hari Bahadur Basnet from the office.

“Instructions have been received from the office leadership to the heads of subordinate offices and units; the briefing focused on how to make election security tight and effective,” he said. A total of 957 police personnel will be mobilized for the election in Kaski. Furthermore, 2,008 election police personnel will be deployed.

According to the integrated security plan, Nepal Police and Election Police will be deployed in the inner security cordon of the polling stations. The District Security Committee stated that the Armed Police Force will be deployed in the second layer of security, and the Nepali Army will be mobilized for the outer layer of security.

Kaski, which has three constituencies, has 153 polling stations. The district has the highest number of voters in Gandaki Province, totaling 308,572.