A day left for the swearing- in ceremony of the new Bharatiya Janata Party ministry at Parade Ground in Dehradun to be attended by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the top administrative and police brass asked the administrative officers and the police personnel, deputed for the security duty, to take all possible steps to ensure fool-proof security for the important event during a police briefing held at the Police lines on Friday.
Among the senior police officers present at the meeting were the State Additional Director General of Police (law and Order) Ram Singh Meena, Garhwal Commissioner Vinod Shrma, IG (Intelligence) AP Anshuman and Garhwal range DIG Pushpak Jyoti.
ADGP Meena said that apart from the PM, a host of Union Ministers and Chief Ministers of some states are expected to attend the swearing- in of the new Chief Minister on Saturday. “We all must be alert so as to ensure that the event passes off without any glitch. The police officials, deputed VVIP’s duty, should reach the places of their assigned duties at least three hours before the programme starts. The places must be searched thoroughly and those arriving to attend should be frisked before they are allowed to get in. The officers on duty must contact their seniors immediately if they come across anything suspicious,” he said.
Besides, he asked the police officers to collect prior and detailed information about the persons who would share the dais with the Prime Minister at Parade Ground. He stressed on the on-duty police personnel to see to it that no person attending the programme carries explosive materials. Besides, the police personnel were asked not to use their cell phones during the period of their duty.
At the same time, the police brass asked the traffic police officers to ensure least inconvenience to the common men on the roads due to the possibility of huge crowd expected to throng Parade Ground on Saturday.
Dehradun senior superintendent of police Sweety Aggarwal said that additional police forces have been deputed at and around Parade Ground and other strategic locations across the city.
To ensure fool-proof security, 16 SPs/additional SPs, 20 DSPs, 22 inspectors, seven police station in-charges, 149 sub-inspectors, 50 chief constables, 663 constables, 15 women sub-inspectors, 74 women constables, two traffic inspectors, 11 traffic sub-inspectors, 18 traffic head constables, two armed police sub-constables, nine-head armed police constables, 48 armed police constables, eight companies and two sections of Provincial Armed Constabulary and three fire service units have been put into place.