The NTK candidate for the Chennai Central seat was detained for demonstrating inside the booth

After staging a protest inside a Pallavan House polling booth, the Naam Tamilar Katchi (NTK) candidate for Chennai Central constituency was detained and later released with a warning. He claimed that the light sensor in the EVM was broken when the button associated with the NTK candidate was pressed.

Inside the booth, party cadres and candidate Karthikeyan conducted a protest. The cops took him into custody after this. The election observer then stepped in and fixed the problem. Karthikeyan was later freed but with a warning.

In a related instance, a history sheeter and secretary of the Hindu Munnani Katchi were arrested and then freed after he caused a disturbance at a Pulianthope voting station on Friday morning while intoxicated. After casting his ballot, CD Amudhan, the guy, began urging those seated in the voting station to support the BJP. The Pulianthope police responded to the call, apprehended him, and brought him into the station. His wife was summoned to the station because he was intoxicated. He wrote Amudhan a note and sent him home with a warning.

Men from the DMK and BJP got into a fight in Alwarpet after it was alleged that one of them was attempting to cast a fraudulent vote at one of the polling places there. The incident was calmed down by the police’s intervention. Nonetheless, the BJP and AIADMK parties filed complaints against the DMK for using forged ballots.

In order to check on the security setup, Chennai City Police Commissioner Sandeep Rai Rathore visited three voting places earlier in the day: Shenoy Nagar, Perambur, and Mylapore. 400 mobile police teams were keeping an eye on the city, he added in a statement to the media. More than a thousand police cars, he said, were on patrol. during the purpose of providing security during the election, 20,000 police officers were sent out.

Speaking about the security plans for the counting, he said that the Central Armed Police Force (CAPF) will be stationed inside the counting centers, while the Tamil Nadu Special Police (TSP) and Armed Reserve Police would be stationed outside. The local police will be on duty to defend the counting centers’ property, and a four-layer security system will be in place for the 45 days leading up to the counting day.