A three-tier security comprising the Central Armed Police Force (CAPF) and the state police will be in place at strongrooms to guard the electronic voting machines (EVMs) till May 23 in Telangana, a top state Election Commission official said Saturday.
Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Rajat Kumar said the process of receiving EVMs from all the booths across the state began Friday.
Polling to the 17 Lok Sabha constituencies was held in a single phase in Telangana on April 11.
Kumar, in a statement, said the EVMs will be stored in strongrooms across the state till the scheduled day of counting on May 23.
He said the strongrooms containing EVMs will be guarded round-the-clock by a three-tier perimeter.
The first tier, which is the innermost perimeter, will be manned round-the-clock by the CAPF, the second tier will be manned by the state armed police force and the third tier, which is the outermost perimeter, will be guarded by the district executive force, Kumar said.
The CEO said the EVMs received will be classified and stored as:
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