To check illegal fund flow in the upcoming assembly election in
Nagaland, State Election Department has issued instruction to all
concern to deploy State Surveillance Teams (SSTs) in all major and
arterial roads from the date of notification of election to look for
large quantities of cash, illegal liquors, any suspicious items or arms
being carried in the area. The Election department also informed that in
case of Expenditure Sensitive Constituencies (ESC), at least one or two
SSTs will be deployed in every constituency. Informing this in a
release, the Chief Electoral Officer of Nagaland, J. Alam stated, the
SSTs will be controlled by the District Election Officer and
Superintendent of Police, through the Flying Squad (FS) and the
mechanism should be strengthened and intensified in last 72 hours before
the poll, particularly in susceptible areas in consultation with
Expenditure Observers. The CEO has also directed all the Deputy
Commissioners and District Electoral Officers and Additional Deputy
Commissioner and Deputy Electoral Officer of Pughoboto (Electoral
Diustrict) to form necessary Flying Squads immediately and initiate
further necessary action as instructed by the ECI. He also informed,
there shall be one more Flying Squad (FS) in each constituency. The
Flying Squad with help of Video Surveillance Team (VST) shall video
graph all major rallies, public meetings or other major expenses made by
political parties after the announcement and election expenses of the
candidate from the date of nomination and shall attend to all complaints
regarding election expenditure.