Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's maiden visit to the State capital after becoming Prime Minister, the Bhopal police administration is not ready to take any to chance.
The Bhopal Police in order to provide infallible security and to ensure smooth visit of the PM is not taking any chance and its commitment reflects with scanning of all the religious coming in the route of Modi during his visit to the city. Bhopal North Superintendent of Police (SP) Arvind Saxena while talking to The Pioneer said, “We are visiting all the religious places including mosques, churches and temples of the city that are coming in the route of prime minister during his visit. We have taken the step after due consultations with the religious heads of all the communities and they have all welcomed the step.” Saxena further said that all this is done with the noble and clean aim and there is no intention of hurting any one's sentiments.
“We are scanning the religious places and taking note of the people living there, this is sort of mini census of all the persons living in the religious places that is good for all. Besides, the persons living in the religious places have also becomes alert and we are sure that this exercise would make them keep extra vigil on their own and they would not let any unknown person use their premises for any wrong action,” he said. He said that during the visit to the religious places the police personnel asked questions from a pre-set questionnaire that include how many people live there, do they have the facility of providing lodging to visitors and do they take information of the persons lodging besides whether do they inform the nearest police station about the people lodging in their places. The senior police official said that this is also a normal exercise that is done before the visit of VVIPs and that there is nothing new in it, but this time we are making record of the things so that in future we only need to verify that before the visit the any VVIP to the city. During the visit to mosques, temples and church the police personals were welcomed and were told that the step is welcome and the police should do such things every now and then. The step would also ensure check on the anti socials taking refuge in the religious places, he added.