This India Today Special Report covers the extensive security arrangements for the by-election in Punjab’s Tarn Taran, a district sharing an international border with Pakistan. The situation is intensified by a state-wide high alert issued following a blast in Delhi, prompting the deployment of around 2,500 police personnel and 12 companies of Central Armed Police Forces to ensure a peaceful poll. The newly appointed SSP of Tarn Taran, Surendra Lamba, stated, ‘we are on high alert and operational point of view, keeping that in mind, we are carrying out our checking, special checkings and the operations’.