PATNA, Nov. 8 -- The EVMs and VVPATs, which hold key to the political fortunes of many, have been locked up in the strongrooms in separate counting centres in 18 districts and the area around them have been fortified with three-tier security arrangement and round-the-clock vigilance. All the EVMs from Patna district have been kept at AN College. Till November 14, when the counting of votes is scheduled, only authorised personnel of the central forces and EC officials can go anywhere close to strongrooms. Even officers in the lower rung of Patna police and the state's reserve police will be restricted to providing security for the outermost layer. There are strict instructions not to let any unauthorised person inside the counting centres. A monitor was being set up to have the visuals from several CCTV cameras on the premises. Armed personnel are standing guard behind the pickets near the strongrooms. "While the first layer comprises Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), the second layer is of Bihar military police and the third of district armed police for 38 strongrooms across the state. Besides, there is round-the-clock patrolling and 24*7 surveillance through CCTVs installed at all the strategic points. The outermost layer is by the Bihar Police to prevent any unauthorised person from getting close to the counting centre. It is followed with a security layer by the armed police just outside the entry points to the counting centres. Armed personnel of the central forces are guarding the gates while the innermost ring is around the strongrooms. Eight to ten armed personnel are guarding the strongrooms round the clock," said a senior police official. Rotating CCTV cameras with a complete view beam images to a monitor in the control room. The AN College premises in Patna are the biggest strong-room in the state as the EVMs of 14 constituencies of Patna district are stored....