Muzaffarpur, April 26: The Muzaffarpur administration has debarred presence of nine dreaded gangsters, who hail from the western parts of the district, during the panchayat election in Paroo block on April 27.

There are 469 polling booths in 34 village panchayats in Paroo, which is severely hit by the Maoist threat. District magistrate Santosh Kumar Mall, who reviewed the poll preparedness in the Naxalite-hit block, directed to keep nine gangsters — Tulsi Rai, Mohammad Kamal, Arun Rai, Deepak Singh, Anil Sah, Ashok Rai, Manish Kumar Singh, Ram Babu Rai and Kaushal Rai — at bay on the day of polling.

Mall has ordered deployment of police force in 191 sensitive and 171 hyper-sensitive booths. There are about 60 polling booths, where the Maoists rule the roost. Police forces took out a flag march led by the deputy superintendent of police (headquarters), Manish Kumar, recently in the villages to instil a sense of confidence among the voters.

The state intelligence bureau have alerted the district police and ordered the police officers to take utmost care during the polls in Paroo.

Earlier, the Vaishali-Muzaffarpur sub-zonal committee of the CPI (Maoists) distributed pamphlets and asked the residents of Dharfari, Mohabbatpur, Chandkebari, Jagdishpur, Fatehabad, Vishunpur and Saraiya villages to boycott the poll.

The district police have deputed road opening party, to take the polling team to the booths through the Naxalite-hit pockets of Paroo block.