Kathmandu, September 17:

Nepal Police today made public its security strategy for the constituent assembly election.

Addressing a press meet today, SSP Surrendra Bahadur Shah said 75 per cent of the 53,557-strong Nepal Police force would be deployed for poll security.

The responsibility of the security at prisons, airports and other important agencies would be handed over to the Nepali Army during the polls. The number of policemen to be deployed at each booth may range from 5 to 28, based on the sensitivity.

During the pre-election phase, the Nepal Police would provide security to all the activities that are directly related to the election and control all activities and groups involved in activities aimed at thwarting the election.

Two mobile teams would be deployed at each election constituency under the command of a senior police officer and district reserve force, zonal reserve force and regional reserve force would be set up at every district, zone and region. A central reserve force would be kept on alert at the Police Headquarters.

The Nepal Police has identified eight Tarai districts, namely Bara, Parsa, Rautahat, Mahottari, Dhanusha, Sarlahi, Siraha and Saptari as highly-sensitive districts. As many as 24 temporary policemen could be deployed for the security of each booth at those districts, besides four regular policemen.

While another 13 districts have been categorised as sensitive districts. They include Jhapa, Morang, Sunsari, Makwanpur, Nawalparasi, Rupandehi, Kapilvastu, Dang, Banke, Bardiya, Kailali and Kanchanpur. For security during the election at these sensitive districts, three policemen and 19 temporary policemen could be deployed at each booth.

At the conference, undersecretary at the Home Ministry Ek Mani Nepal said the government has come up with a special security plan for the polls. The plan also aimes to create a conducive environment so as to enable people to involve in election activities without fear.

Talking about the security of the candidates, he said the security forces would first analyse threat to each candidate and then decide on their security.