New Delhi, April 3 The Election Commission has taken "serious note" of over 2,100 police personnel in poll-bound West Bengal being deployed for the security of nearly 1,000 people linked directly or indirectly to the ruling TMC and has asked the police chief to review the arrangement, officials said on Friday.
Assembly elections in West Bengal will be held in two phases on April 23 and 29, with the counting of votes to take place on May 4.
Election Commission (EC) officials said that before the announcement of elections on March 15, the West Bengal government had deployed 2,185 police personnel to provide security to 832 people associated directly with the TMC and 144 others, including party supporters.
They said the poll authority has taken "serious note" of the "lapse" and has directed the director general of police to carry out a strict professional review within the next two to three days of the deployment of police personnel for personal security in a "fair and equitable" manner.