Security beefed up in Saptari for elections

SAPTARI: Security has been beefed up in Saptari in view of the elections to the House of Representatives and Province Assembly slated for November 20.

SP Abinarayan Kafle, said 1,637 Nepal Police and 3,278 temporary police have been mobilized in the district of the Madhesh Province for elections. Two mobile security teams have been deputed at each local level.

Similarly, security checking in the district has been tightened and police are patrolling along the Nepal-India border areas here to prevent the possible smuggling and supply of illegal liquor and incidences of cross-border crimes. RSS