Telangana Assembly polls see 45,000 State police deployed

In the upcoming Assembly elections in the State, a total of 45,000 State police will be deployed along with 3,000 personnel from other departments, 50 companies of TSSP, and 375 companies of CAPF. Additionally, 23,500 home guards from neighbouring States will also join the security measures. These home guards include 5,000 from Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, and Maharashtra each, 2,000 from Madhya Pradesh and Odisha each, and 2,500 from Tamil Nadu and Chhattisgarh each. The total number of teams or squads deployed is 1,866, with a staff strength of 208,000.