Apart from two-three stray "not so important" incidents, the fifth phase of pollings in the city for the West Bengal Assembly elections remained "peaceful", a senior Kolkata Police official said.
"The Force's mission to ensure peaceful pollings in the southern parts of the city today was achieved and it was done in a very professional manner", he told PTI.
"The day was absolutely clean. We had prepared ourselves to do so. Vigilance was stepped up and that helped in keeping a check on the happenings in and around the constituencies in the city," the officer said.
There were altogether 48 arrests, out of which 47 were preventive, and one on the basis of a specific complaint, he added.
"We followed a plan which was chalked out before the elections and that gave us the result," he said, adding that there were two-three 'not so important' incidents.
Apart from the central Forces, around 12,000 additional police personnel from Kolkata Police along with 6,000 police personnel from 42 police stations were deployed for today's pollings in the city.
Kolkata Police had marked around 800 pockets in the city as "vulnerable" while 1,467 booths were identified "sensitive" for today's elections. The city has 1,024 polling premises with 2,807 booths.
Another top officer in the KP said the Force received "pat on the back" from Commissioner Soumen Mitra, who described their performance as "commendable".
