Mysuru: Even as only 12 days are left for the countdown to the May 12 Assembly elections in Karnataka, the Election Commission of India (ECI) is leaving no stone unturned to curb electoral malpractices. As one more step in this direction, it has asked the Police Department to start random checking at Railway Stations, Suburban Bus Stand and City Bus Stand from today.
Disclosing this to Star of Mysore here this morning, City Police Commissioner Dr. A. Subramanyeswara Rao said that from today onwards there will be random checking of all vehicles at the three places mentioned above apart from the checking of flow of cash, liquor and other freebies that are meant to entice voters at the 49 check-posts set up by the District Administration in the district. He said that since the Model Code of Conduct is in force, directions came from the ECI to check all the four-wheelers and two-wheelers coming to the Bus Stands and Railway Station randomly.
