Gauging the huge crowd in front of Delhi Chief Minster Arvind Kejriwal’s Kaushambi residence, the Delhi and the Uttar Pradesh Police on Sunday made special arrangements to manage the influx of visitors.
From now, while the UP Police would manage traffic and crowd influx outside Kejriwal’s residence, a team of Delhi Police personnel in plainclothes will be deployed inside the housing society to manage the crowd and prevent any untoward incident.
The Ghaziabad Police have also installed a door frame metal detector at the main gate of the society. “Hundreds of people are coming to meet the Chief Minister and when he comes out to meet them, it becomes chaotic. It is difficult to manage the crowd. In order to prevent the situation from going out of hand, the Delhi Police will be taking care of the crowd at his residence and we will manage the traffic and crowd outside,” informed SP Singh, PRO to Ghaziabad SSP.
In the past week, Kejriwal had been holding Janta Darbar every morning to listen to the grievances of the people. Meanwhile, senior AAP leader Sanjay Singh said that they have not demanded a security cover for the Chief Minister. “We have just asked them to manage the crowd,” he said.
later in the day, Ghaziabad SSP Dharmendra Singh and DM SVS Ranga Rao met Kejriwal and discussed security measures to be taken in and around the residential society. Kejriwal told the duo that he does not require any personal security, but asked them to take just the minimum precautionary measures required for crowd management.
“We don’t want to take a risk. Hence, we have installed a metal detector at the society’s entry gate. Besides, around 12 police personnel would be deployed outside Kejriwal’s residence 24x7. Our focus is on traffic and crowd management,” said Singh, adding nobody will be stopped from entering the society.