A team of Election Commission of India today assessed the security situation for holding the by-poll to Anantnag parliamentary constituency, which was postponed earlier this month.

The high-level team reviewed Anantnag parliamentary by-poll preparedness and assessed security situation through video-conferencing, an official spokesman said in Srinagar.

Deputy election commissioners, Umesh Sinha and Sandeep Saxena, besides director secretariat of ECI Nikhil Kumar were briefed by the state's chief electoral officer Shantmanu, divisional commissioner Baseer Khan, IGP Kashmir, SJM Gillani, DIG CRPF and other officers about the by-poll preparedness and security situation particularly in South Kashmir.

The chief electoral officer also held a detailed meeting with representatives of political parties, contesting candidates, officers of the police and other security agencies in which district election officers and senior superintendents of police of Anantnag, Pulwama, Shopian and Kulgam districts participated through video conferencing, the spokesman said.

He said the meeting held discussions on security situation and other related issues regarding the conduct of Anantnag by-polls.

The by-polls to the constituency were scheduled to beheld on April 12, but they were postponed till May 25 after low voter-turnout in the by-poll on Srinagar Lok Sabha seat on April 9.

The polling also witnessed violence during which nine civilians were killed in security forces firing. -- PTI

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