Around 50,000 security personnel, including state police and paramilitary forces, were deployed to ensure peaceful polling in the four parliamentary constituencies of the state on Saturday. 764 polling booths were categorized as extremist-sensitive, located in various parts of the state. State police also carried out inter-state checks along the borders with neighboring states. Ranchi SSP and his team visited several booths to ensure free and fair elections. Traffic department issued directives to manage vehicle movement during the polling period.
'Lugu Pahar is the sacred religious heritage of Santhal tribals. It is full of natural beauty and forest wealth. Setting up of hydel power plant would ruin its sanctity,' religious head Baiju Murmu had informed CM Soren