With a view to maintaining peace and law and order on the festivals of Holi, Rangpanchami and Shab-e-Barat, Director General of Police Sudhir Kumar Saxena held a meeting of top officers of the police department through video conferencing on Monday.
All the ADG,IG, Range DIG and all the Superintendents of Police participated in the meeting. ADG (Intelligence) Adarsh Katiyar and IG Law and Order Sanjay Tiwari were present in this meeting.
DGP Saxena said that we have to be ready to maintain peace and law and order during the festivals to be held across the state on March 6, 7 and 8. This time Shab-e-Barat is also being organized during Holi and Rangpanchami, we have to take special care that communal harmony is maintained. He said that additional forces have been made available to all the districts as per the requirement.
The Superintendent of Police should do a thorough review of the entire force and ensure adequate deployment at all sensitive and suitable places. Take cooperation from the Village and City Defense Committee and Village Kotwars as well.
There should not be any incident of indecency with women. Strict legal action should be taken against those who molest women. Special monitoring should be kept on the processions around and passing through the religious places.
He said that special monitoring should be done by marking all the sensitive places where communal incidents and disputes have taken place in the past years.
DGP Saxena said that keep a special eye on social media to be aware of the controversies and accidents that happen during festivals. On receiving information about unpleasant incidents and rumors from the media, take it seriously and try to resolve it immediately.