Haryana Police has made a foolproof three-tier security arrangement for the safety of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) and Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trial (VVPAT) machines brought to the designated strong rooms after polling for the State Assembly polls on October 21.

Additional Director General of Police (Law and Order), Navdeep Singh Virk said that elaborate security arrangements have been made for safe custody of the EVMs and VVPAT machines at designated strong rooms where personnel of State Police and Paramilitary forces guarding the rooms under round the clock vigil. We are strictly going by the Election Commission instructions regarding the safety of EVMs and VVPAT machines till the day of counting, he said.

Giving details about the security measures, Virk said that in the first layer, personnel of Central Armed Police Forces are deployed near the strong rooms, Haryana Armed Police personnel posted in second layer and district police personnel are manning the outer layer.

He said that 90 strong rooms have been established at 59 different locations with round-the-clock vigil to ensure the safety of EVMs and VVPAT machines.

Virk further said that Haryana Police throughout the election season kept the information flowing about security arrangements, police deployment and seizures. The idea was to reassure the citizens of its presence and create a fear in the minds of those planning any disruption, he said.

 The EVMs and VVPAT machines kept in strong rooms across the state will be opened on October 24 for counting.