In view of floor test at a specially convened session of the Assembly slated on May 10, the Dehradun administration has imposed Section 144 of CrPC in Dehradun city to maintain law and order and to help smooth conduct of crucial the special session. Informing this, Dehradun additional DM Pratap Shah said on Monday that the persons caught violating the above order would be booked under Section 188 of IPC.
Besides, during the police briefing held at police lines on Monday, Dehradun DM Ravinath Raman and senior police officers Additional DGP (law and order) Anil Kumar Raturi, ADGP (intelligence) Ashok Kumar, IG (law and order) Deepam Seth, DIG (law and order) Pushpak Jyoti, SSP Dr Sadanand Date, SP City Ajay Singh, SP Traffic DS Gunjyal and other police officers - have given necessary instructions to the policemen and other administrative officers to see to it that no untoward incident happens anywhere in the city during the day. They assured that all possible measures would be taken to make things glitch-free on Tuesday.
SSP Dr Sadanand Date said that security has been spruced up in and around the Vidhan Sabha premises in view of floor test on Tuesday. Apprehensive of law and order problem cropping up with the political mercury soaring fast, Dehradun police received additional forces from the State Police for May 10.
Moreover, police have installed barricades at many places in the city to stop any group from getting anywhere near the Assembly premises, he said, adding that they are on their guard to maintain peace and order across the capital city on the day.
He further said that they have stepped up security at the MlAs’ transit hostels and the residences of the MlAs in Dehradun. Additional forces have been deployed at important places to ensure fool-proof security in the city. Patrolling has already been intensified in various sensitive areas of the State capital, he said, adding that adequate police forces have been dispatched to ensure MlAs’ security and security of the government buildings and offices. Date further informed that in order to maintain peace in and around the Vidhan Sabha premises, one SP, two assistant SPs, 10 DSPs, eight police station inspector/in-charge, 74 sub-inspectors, seven head constables, 185 constables, 26 women constables, seven company of PAC, two water cannons, tear gas, and anti-riot and quick response team have been deployed. This aside, police station officers have been directed to conduct vehicle checking drives in their jurisdictional limits.