The Odisha police are on high alert with intelligence gathering system being geared up to check any suspicious persons or objects in view of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Cuttack city on Saturday, said State Director General of Police (DGP) Rajendra Prasad Sharma here on Friday.
The Prime Minister would address a massive public gathering on completion of four years of his term in office to spell out to the people of the country about the achievements of his Government.
Modi is scheduled to arrive in Bhubaneswar at 3.30 pm and then leave for Cuttack by a helicopter and address the public meeting for one hour and 10 minutes.
Speaking about the security arrangements for the PM’s visit, DGP Sharma said elaborate police deployments have been made in Cuttack and Bhubaneswar. “Adequate force deployments have been made at the airport in Bhubaneswar, the routes on which the PM’s cavalcade will move and at the helipads and meeting place in Cuttack,” he said.
When asked about the Special Forces deployment, the DGP said the anti-terrorist squads available with the Odisha police are in readiness to meet any eventuality. “Our intelligence system has been geared up, and we are on high alert checking every suspicious persons and suspicious objects. The Commissionerate police are verifying the identities of all visitors staying in all hotels of the twin city,” Sharma said.
Crowd regulation and crowd control are also important aspects of the security arrangements, said the DGP, adding that the objectives of the State police are to ensure a foolproof security for the PM’s stay in the State
Police on high alert for PM visit to Cuttack and see to it that his entire programme passes off peacefully. He also pointed out that a large number of women police officers, plainclothes policemen and some very senior police officers would be on duty on Saturday.