Patna, Oct 9 (PTI) More than four lakh security personnel will be deployed across Bihar to ensure free and fair assembly elections, Director General of Police (DGP) Vinay Kumar said on Thursday.

For the first time, there would be no heli-dropping of security personnel at polling booths in remote areas, as all forces would reach their deployment locations by road, he added.

He also said that no polling stations would be relocated this time due to a significant decline in Naxal activities in the state.

"More than four lakh security personnel will be deployed in Bihar to ensure free and fair assembly polls. Around 500 companies of the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) have already been engaged in pre-election duties. Another 500 CAPF companies will arrive in the next two to three days, an

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