Maximum numbers of law enforcement agencies, especially ansars and police, will be deployed in each polling station to ensure free and fair upazila elections.

"At the same time, a magistrate will be appointed in each union, and anyone can lodge a complaint by dialing 999," said senior secretary of the public security division of the Home Ministry Mostafizur Rahman after a meeting of law and order ahead of the upazila parishad elections.

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal presided over the meeting and took various decisions to ensure the security of the upazila elections.

Giving details of the decision, the senior secretary said that each polling station will have a team of 17 to 18 members with a combination of police and Ansar to ensure security. He said complaints can be lodged by dialing 999 number during the upazila elections like the 12th national parliamentary election.

Mostafizur Rahman added that there would be a coordination cell in the Ministry of Home Affairs consisting of representatives of all the forces, and all complaints related to the elections will be received through 999.