Chennai, April 23 -- As the polling for the Tamil Nadu Assembly began on Thursday, approximately 1.47 lakh personnel, including police, paramilitary forces, fire and rescue services, forest department staff, prison department personnel, retired military personnel, and home guards, have been assigned to election security duties.

About 23,000 paramilitary personnel from 295 companies have arrived in Tamil Nadu and are actively engaged in security operations, according to police.

The security deployment includes 26,203 inspectors, sub-inspectors, and special sub-inspectors, along with 94,598 head constables and constables. Additionally, 12,150 personnel from special task forces have been deployed.

Apart from the police and paramilitary fo...