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

Police officers serving at police posts and unit in-charges under the District Police Office, who will be deployed for security during the House of Representatives election scheduled for the upcoming Falgun 21, have been oriented on election security, code of conduct, and related matters.

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

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

Furthermore, it has been stated that 2,000 election police will be mobilized. 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 has stated that the Armed Police Force will be deployed in the second layer of security, and the Nepali Army will be deployed in the outer layer.

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