Colombo, Nov 2 (PTI) As many as 191 persons, including six candidates, have been arrested so far in connection with complaints related to the 2024 parliamentary elections, police said on Saturday.

Voting for Parliamentary polls in set to take place on November 14.

Also Read | Canada: Buffer Zone Created Around Vancouver Gurdwara As Khalistanis Plan To Create Ruckus During Consular Camp.

Police said they have received 168 complaints related to the parliamentary elections.

"It includes 30 comaplaints of crimes and 138 complaints regarding violation of election laws," news portal NewsFirst.lk reported, quoting Police Media Spokesman DIG Nihal Thalduwa.

Also Read | Pakistan Road Accident: 5 Dead, 15 Injured After Bus Plunges Into Ditch in Jacobabad.

Six candidates contesting for the next week's polls are among the 191 people arrested so far in connection with complaints related to the 2024 parliamentary elections, he said.

The police have also impounded 45 motor vehicles in relation to these complaints.

Meanwhile, the Election Commission said that it has received 1,259 complaints related to the parliamentary elections.

Among them, 13 have been received in connection with acts of violence, the news portal said.

(The above story is verified and authored by Press Trust of India (PTI) staff. PTI, India’s premier news agency, employs more than 400 journalists and 500 stringers to cover almost every district and small town in India.. The views appearing in the above post do not reflect the opinions of LatestLY)