Elaborate security arrangements have been made for Friday’s counting of votes in the Bihar Assembly elections, officials said. The counting will take place at 42 counting centres in 38 districts and will commence at 8 am.

The state had registered a historic voter turnout of 67.13 per cent in the elections to the 243-member Assembly in two phases on November 6 and November 11. A total of 7.45 crore voters were eligible to decide the electoral fate of 2,616 candidates. “In the presence of central observers and agents deputed by candidates, the entire process will be videographed,” an EC statement said. Two-tier security has been ensured at the counting centres. “While the inner tier has been assigned to central armed paramilitary forces, the state police have been deployed in the outer rung

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