Senior leader Vidya Charan Shukla, 84, succumbed to his injuries two weeks later. Police personnel are keeping a hawk eye in the state and along its borders with Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, Jharkhand and Uttar Pradesh.
“A large number of security force personnel have been deployed across the state. I am very confident of peaceful elections in the state,” Chhattisgarh's Director General of Police (DGP) Ram Niwas told PTI.
He said the police have done micro-level planning to ensure violence-free elections.
