Nandigram goes under a security siege - 37 companies of central forces, 700 state police personnel for bypoll

Nandigram, Oct 5 (UNI) Nandigram go to the polls on Tuesday under an unprecedented security blanket, with 37 companies of central forces and around 700 state police personnel deployed across the constituency amid heightened concern over violence and bomb-related allegations during the final days of campaigning. With 2,66,419 voters set to decide the fate of the candidates, the administration has identified 79 of the constituency's 323 polling booths as sensitive. Around 3,700 central-force personnel are expected to be deployed, alongside the state police, for area domination, route marches, naka-checking, sector duties and law and order maintenance. The administration has also…