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The government has decided to deploy over 500,000 security personnel across the country to ensure peaceful holding of elections in 481 upazila parishads on January 22.
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A home ministry official, wishing anonymity, also said members of BDR, coastguard, Rab and APBn will be in the field till January 24 to maintain law and order during and after the upazila polls.
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The government has already asked BDR and members of other law enforcers to tighten security and watch in the bordering areas so that criminals hiding abroad could not come to the country with firearms, ammunition and explosives ahead of the upazila elections.
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The Election Commission (EC) has already decided not to deploy members of the armed forces in the upazila polls, which will be the first election under the newly elected government.
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"On the basis of the opinions from field level officials, the EC might review its earlier decision not to deploy members of the armed forces during the upazila polls," Election Commissioner M Sohul Hossain told reporters at his office yesterday.
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EC Secretariat officials also said security arrangement for the upazila parishad elections will be as same as that of December 29 parliamentary election.
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As there is no deployment of army in the upazila polls, the number of police, BDR and other law enforcement agencies will be increased along with strengthening their patrol compared to the December 29 parliamentary elections, he said.
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"One judicial and one executive magistrates will be deployed in each upazila from January 16," said M Sohul Hossain on Tuesday.
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They said around 50,000 army personnel were deployed in the parliamentary elections but there will be no deployment of army in the upazila polls.
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However, the EC yesterday held a meeting on the security of upazila polls and decided to seek opinion regarding security situation from the field level officials engaged in holding the elections.
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