Arrangements in place for counting of votes

Kohima: Elaborate security arrangements have been made for the counting of votes for the lone Lok Sabha seat in Nagaland and by-election in Aonglenden Assembly constituency on Thursday, a top election official has said.

Polling for the Lok Sabha seat and Aonglenden by-poll was held simultaneously on 11 April. Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Abhijit Sinha said on Tuesday that there would be three-tier security cordon on the day of counting.

The first and second tier security cordon would be manned by the district executive force, state police and Indian Reserve Battalion personnel and the third and last tier close to the counting hall would be manned by Central Armed Police Force personnel, he said.