Additional police force will be deployed at Parade Ground where Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi is going to address a public gathering on Sunday. Garhwal Range Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) Amit Sinha chaired a meeting with police officers and gave them necessary instructions for peaceful conduct of this rally in the State capital.
The DIG has directed the police officers to ensure elaborate security at venue of the rally and in the city as per the guidelines issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs for protectees under Special Protection Group (SPG) cover.
The police officers were directed to deploy adequate force at Jolly Grant Airport and route from the airport to Parade Ground and the hotel where the Congress leader to hold meetings on Sunday. The police officers should take all possible measures for ensuring peaceful conduct of this rally.
He directed the police officers to brief their subordinates before deploying them on their assigned duty. “We cannot rule out the possibility of protest by the members of political parties and other organisations during Rahul Gandhi’s rally in the State capital and for this, local Intelligence Unit (lIU) sleuths should be directed to be vigilant at several places in the city,” he added.
The guidelines of the Home Ministry for those receiving SPG protection should be strictly implemented by deploying additional police force for traffic control, motorcade security, helicopter security and security at the venue of rally. lIU staff should be alert of anti-social elements. To strengthen the security, additional force including one ASP, four DSPs, 13 inspectors or stations in-charge, 40 sub inspectors (SI), 12 lady SIs, 40 head constables, 575 constables, 121 lady constables, four SIs (traffic), six head constables (traffic), 27 constables (traffic) have been brought from Haridwar, Uttarkashi, Pauri, Tehri, Chamoli and Rudraprayag to Dehradun. In addition to this, two SPs, two DSPs, 30 SIs, five lady SIs, 400 constables, four platoons of PAC, 25 SIs (lIU), 25 lady SIs (lIU), 30 constables (lIU) and 20 lady constables (lIU) have been brought from Police head quarter. Six Door Frame Metal Detectors (DFMD) have been brought from Haridwar, four from Tehri, three from Pauri, five from Chamoli and one from Rudraprayag.