One lakh security personnel have been deployed ahead of the third phase of polls in West Bengal, scheduled for Thursday. Around 75,000 central armed police forces and 25,000 state police officers will monitor the areas that will vote. Sixty-two seats are slated to go to the polls on Thursday, across Murshidabad, Nadia, Burdwan, and north Kolkata districts, PTI reported.

The report added that state police have only been deployed to assist central security forces and that they will not be allowed to enter a voting booth unless it is extremely necessary. Quick response teams will also be monitoring the situation across the districts voting on Thursday.

The state has seen a huge number of violent incidents in the run-up to the elections, including political leaders being shot, and several cases of violence on days of polling as well. The Election Commission has been active in the state as well, with officials having most recently sent a notice to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for violating the model code of conduct.