AMRITSAR: The army has stepped up vigil in Punjab amid reports that militants may attempt to disrupt the February 19 polls in this northern Indian state.
Additional forces have been deployed to assist in the day and night surveillance, raids are Conducted on suspected militant hide outs and flag marches carried out in several places to restore the confidence of the people, official sources said.
The border security force with the assistance of the army has sealed the border to stop armed infiltrators from across the border. Chief of army staff Gen, SF Rodrigues shield a meeting with the Punjab governor in Chandigarh at the end of his two day visit to Punjab Friday and reviewed the general security arrangements in the run up to the polls
Election to the state assembly and 13 seats to the lower house of the parliament were scheduled to be held with the rest of the country in June last year but were postponed when militants gunned down 26 candidates.
Article extracted from this publication >> February 28, 1992
