India seals Nepal border for UP polls: report

India has sealed off part of its border with Nepal on Monday as it tightened security for assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh, the country's most populous state, according to a news report said.

AFP news agency quoted Indian Chief Election Officer A.K. Bishnoi as saying that the borders of districts along Nepal had been sealed off to prevent possible poll-related trouble.

Nearly 100,000 security personnel guarded 57 state constituencies for Monday's ballot, the fourth leg of the marathon polls, the report said.

"The India-Nepal border has been sealed and vehicle movements are being regulated," Bishnoi said in Lucknow, the capital of the state of 180 million people.