Police to put a detailed five-tier security arrangement in place for the Assembly polls that will include over 500 heavily-armed commandos and 4,000 paramilitary personnel

The Mumbai police are putting a five-tier security arrangement (see box) in place to guard the city till election day on October 13.

Sources say the police, who have received 47 terror-related alerts from various intelligence agencies in the last two months, are keeping a close watch on outfits like the Sri Lanka-based LTTE and the Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba.

Joint Commissioner of Police (law and order) Himanshu Roy refused to confirm the development. "I won't be able to talk to you at this point because I am involved in some operations," Roy said.

All police stations have been ordered to carry out mock drills in the days leading to the elections, and cops on regular duty have been asked to comb neighbourhoods that comprise their beats.



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Details of the men, arms and strategies that comprise the u00a0five-tier security arrangement during the pollsu00a0

Layer 1
43 mobile combat teams comprising one sub-inspector and four constables armed with two AK-47 assault rifles, one sten-gun, two SLRs and five 9 mm pistols each under the command of an ACP to comprise the first layer

Layer 2
16 teams of 20 personnel each of the Quick Response Team of the Mumbai police with four bulletproof vehicles under the command of a sub-inspector.