Law enforcement agencies will launch combing operation in areas under the Comilla City Corporation (CCC) from Thursday to recover illegal arms and arrest outlaws ahead of the maiden elections to the newly-formed city corporation scheduled for Jan 5.
The Election Commission (EC) has also decided to deploy 1,500 law enforcers in the areas going to polls from Jan 3 to Jan 7.
Returning officer of CCC election Abdul Baten gave the details to the media at the EC secretariat on Monday, after a meeting with top officials of law enforcement agencies.
Chief election commissioner A T M Shamsul Huda presided over the meeting. Among those present were election commissioners M Sohul Hussain and Brig Gen M Sakhawat Hussain (retd), EC secretary M Sadik and representatives of the home ministry, police, different detective branches, Ansar, Village Defence Police (VDP), Rapid Action Battalion (RAB), and Bangladesh Coastguards.
Baten said while 22 law enforcers will be normally deployed at each centre on the polling day, there will be 24 law enforcers on duty at each centre considered "risky". Besides, he said, five law enforcers will be posted outside the polling centre and another eight in each ward solely for patrolling.
The EC has declared as valid candidature of nine mayor aspirants and 288 ward councillor candidates after scrutiny of nomination papers. The councillor aspirants include 65 women.
The deadline for withdrawal of nomination papers is Dec 14, and election symbols will be allotted to the finalised candidates the following day.
Comilla City Corporation was formed by merging Comilla municipality and Comilla Sadar municipality (south) on July 10 this year, thereby meeting a longstanding demand of the locals. It has 27 wards.
Announcing the election schedule on Nov 22, chief election commissioner A T M Shamsul Huda had said that electronic voting machines would be used for the first time at all polling centres in the civic elections, dismissing protests from the BNP.
The Election Commission (EC) has also decided to deploy 1,500 law enforcers in the areas going to polls from Jan 3 to Jan 7.
Returning officer of CCC election Abdul Baten gave the details to the media at the EC secretariat on Monday, after a meeting with top officials of law enforcement agencies.
Chief election commissioner A T M Shamsul Huda presided over the meeting. Among those present were election commissioners M Sohul Hussain and Brig Gen M Sakhawat Hussain (retd), EC secretary M Sadik and representatives of the home ministry, police, different detective branches, Ansar, Village Defence Police (VDP), Rapid Action Battalion (RAB), and Bangladesh Coastguards.
Baten said while 22 law enforcers will be normally deployed at each centre on the polling day, there will be 24 law enforcers on duty at each centre considered "risky". Besides, he said, five law enforcers will be posted outside the polling centre and another eight in each ward solely for patrolling.
The EC has declared as valid candidature of nine mayor aspirants and 288 ward councillor candidates after scrutiny of nomination papers. The councillor aspirants include 65 women.
The deadline for withdrawal of nomination papers is Dec 14, and election symbols will be allotted to the finalised candidates the following day.
Comilla City Corporation was formed by merging Comilla municipality and Comilla Sadar municipality (south) on July 10 this year, thereby meeting a longstanding demand of the locals. It has 27 wards.
Announcing the election schedule on Nov 22, chief election commissioner A T M Shamsul Huda had said that electronic voting machines would be used for the first time at all polling centres in the civic elections, dismissing protests from the BNP.
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