India, May 21 -- The Uttarakhand Police will resume the verification drive to confirm the identity of people coming from other states and living in the state after the conclusion of the Lok Sabha elections, chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami said.

"It's not a new thing, but an old one. We carried out the verification drive earlier as well. We will once again run it with strictness because the 'mool swaroop' (original features) of Uttarakhand shouldn't be spoiled at any cost. For the same reason, we brought anti-conversion law, property damage law....ran anti-encroachment drive. This will go on," Dhami told reporters in Dehradun on Monday.

Additional director general of police (law and order) AP Anshuman said the verification drive will ...