The Union Home Minister Amit Shah is slated to arrive in Rishikesh to attend the second convocation of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) on Saturday. On Friday, in the presence of Garhwal inspector general Ajay Rautela, the deputy inspector general and Dehradun senior superintendent of police, Arun Mohan Joshi conducting a briefing regarding the security arrangements at the main programme venue- AIIMS Rishikesh.
The security arrangements were reviewed and considering the present scenario, all the officers and personnel were directed to remain alert and discharge their responsibilities diligently.Rautela and Joshi directed all the members of the police force deployed for security at the site that they should reach their designated place for the VIP duty on time. They should receive information about their duty and check their surroundings properly.
The senior officer concerned should be informed immediately in case any suspicious object is found to be at the site. Only authorised persons and people with valid pass and their vehicles will be allowed entry at the programme venue.
An alert eye should be maintained from the security point of view also on those persons who are to meet the Union Home Minister. Only those persons who have been listed in advance should be allowed entry after the requisite anti-sabotage checking, the senior officers stressed. They warned the personnel that they should neither use their mobile phone while on duty nor leave their duty point without informing the officer concerned. Strict action will be taken against any officer or personnel found to be negligent while on duty, the senior officers warned. All the nodal police officers were directed to identify all the police officers and personnel in uniform and plain clothes who will be deployed with them.
Their duty cards should be checked and they should be briefed properly about their designated duties. It should be ensured that the officers and personnel should not leave their duty spot to gather at one spot.
The in-charge of the route to be taken by the VIPs were directed to ensure that there is no construction material or other objects on the route to be taken by the motorcade which may cause any obstruction in movement.
At sites which experience more pressure of traffic and crowd, barricades and caution tapes should be used to bar the traffic before the main road to control the situation.