Tight security arrangements have been made in major cities of Uttar Pradesh in view of the protests over Friday prayers and ‘Agneepath’ scheme. Officials said that drone surveillance will be done in sensitive areas. Police have been put on high alert across the state for Friday prayers, while the government has deployed additional state and central paramilitary forces as a precautionary measure to prevent any incident. Also maintaining peace and order in the state. For this, 200 companies of PAC and 50 companies of Rapid Action Force have also been deployed. Special attention is being given to security in Prayagraj, Kanpur, Lucknow, Moradabad and Saharanpur.
Violence took place on 10 June
So far, 357 people have been arrested in nine districts in connection with the violence that took place after Friday prayers in some districts on June 10. Additional Chief Secretary Home Avnish Awasthi and DGP DS Chauhan have told senior police and district officials that Strict action will be taken on any laxity on Friday. Police and administrative officials have been asked to cooperate and communicate with prominent religious leaders of their jurisdiction, a home official said. According to CCTV, video cameras and drones will be used at all sensitive places and the police will implement the sector plan. ADG, Law and Order, Prashant Kumar said that 53 districts have been identified under two categories: highly sensitive and sensitive.
Alert issued in many districts
The 24 most vulnerable districts include Prayagraj, Lucknow, Kanpur, Ambedkar Nagar, Ayodhya, Varanasi while 29 vulnerable districts include Etah, Mainpuri, Kannauj, Barabanki and others. “These 53 districts will be under the watch of the DGP headquarters on Friday. Drones will be used for surveillance in narrow lanes and lanes of vulnerable districts.” District police chiefs and police commissioners in districts have been directed to give hourly updates to the DGP headquarters on Friday. They will ‘interact with the youth’. Will also share records of deployment of force, peace meetings held with religious leaders as well as measures taken for prevention of violence including that of Lucknow Police Commissioner D.K. Thakur said that adequate force has been deployed in sensitive areas and meetings are being held with religious leaders. Inspector General of Police (Prayagraj Range) Dr. Rakesh Singh said, “Adequate security arrangements have been made for Friday prayers and identified Security forces have been deployed in the areas. We have prepared a sector-wise security plan to maintain law and order. The city has been divided into over a dozen zones.” Apart from digital volunteers, cybercrime teams are keeping a close watch on social media and have appealed to people not to post derogatory or inflammatory comments or upload such videos. . If anyone is found doing this, then strict action will be taken against that person. In Azamgarh, Balrampur, Gonda, Basti, Meerut, Agra, Mathura, police conducted mock drills, while religious leaders appealed to maintain peace.