Chennai, May 3 -- In view of the counting of votes for the Tamil Nadu Assembly elections to be held on May 4, security personnel have been deployed in Chennai to ensure public safety and maintain law and order.

Security has been strengthened with a three-layer arrangement to regulate movement and maintain order at the vote-counting venues.

Prominent counting centres such as Loyola College, Queen Mary's College, and Anna University are under intense surveillance, with heavy police presence and strict access control measures in effect.

At the outer perimeter, barricades have been erected up to 100 metres from the counting centres. Only authorised personnel are being allowed beyond this point, with police conducting thorough identity chec...