Hyderabad, Feb. 12 -- Director General of Police (DGP) B Shivdhar Reddy said that the polling for the municipal elections in Telangana was conducted peacefully on Wednesday, February 11.

Of the 8,203 polling stations across the state, 1,302 were identified as hyper-sensitive, 1,926 as sensitive and 4,975 as general polling stations. Security forces were deployed based on the vulnerability assessment of each location.

Addressing a press conference held at the Telangana Election Commission office, the DGP said that the webcasting system enabled real-time monitoring of polling stations across Telangana.

"Continuous surveillance through cameras, coupled with effective field deployment of police personnel, ensured that law and order was mai...