<span style="color: #222222;">In Punjab, an adequate number of central para military forces comprised of personnel from Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), BSF, CISF, ITBP, and SSB are making area domination exercises at Indo-Pak border adjoining areas, in big cities like Ludhiana, Amritsar, and Jalandhar to ensure free, secure and inducement-free and fair polls in the state.<br />''<br />''Given this information the CEO said , there are a total of 56 nakas at the second line of defence including seven in Amritsar Rural, six in Batala, 10 in Gurdaspur, six in Pathankot, seven in Tarn Taran, 12 in Ferozepur, and eight in Fazilka. There are a total of 276 interstate nakas also, he added.<br />''<br />''Dr Raju said that since the model code of conduct came into the force as many as 121 arms/weapons, 6Kg explosives, 709 cartridges, and 11 bombs have been seized in the state and a total of 14 gangsters have been arrested.<br />''<br />'' Chief Electoral Officer revealed that as many as 1346 vulnerable hamlets have also been identified. Besides this, 4272 persons have been identified as probable sources of trouble.<br />''<br />''He said that out of these persons preventive action had already been initiated against 3674 persons while the remaining would also be brought to book. He also informed that from a security point of view 2260 persons have been bound down under preventive sections of criminal procedure code</span><br />