The Election Commission decided on Wednesday to bring in 20 more companies of Central Armed Police Personnel (CAPF) for deployment in the constituency to ensure watertight security and peaceful polling in Bhabanipur on Thursday.

A total of 35 companies of central forces are now keeping vigil as polling kicked off today.

Apart from being held under a tight security blanket, the elections to two Assembly seats as well as the bypoll in Bhabanipur, which will determine the chief ministership of Mamata Banerjee, will also see strict enforcement of Covid-19 protocol.