Delhi Police orders to keep Tibetans at bay in and around Taj Palace hotel area
The Delhi Police on Wednesday invoked Section 144 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) in the entire New Delhi district to prevent any untoward incident during the stay of Chinese President Xi Jinping. The Delhi Police has also clamped any unauthorise assembly in and around Taj Palace hotel at Sardar Patel Marg. The order was passed specifically to prevent Tibetans from getting any entry into the hotel. Police have instructed all the security agencies to keep Tibetans at bay and they should not be allowed in the vicinity of the Taj Palace hotel.
Ahead of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s stay in the Capital for three days, the Delhi Police has issued an order to restrain the entry of the protesting Tibetans from the New Delhi district area. Jinping landed in the national Capital on Wednesday night and is scheduled to stay at the Taj Palace hotel on Sardar Patel Marg.
On Wednesday afternoon, Tibetans carried Tibetan flags and staged a protest outside the Chinese Embassy in Chanakyapuri area in New Delhi district. They demanded freedom and claimed that they will protest for it unless they get it. When the protesters tried to break the barricades installed at the Embassy, police detained around ten protesters and took them to Chanakyapuri police station.
“The ten people who were detained were later arrested keeping in mind the arrival of the President. They were taken into preventive custody under Sections 107 (preventive custody) and 151 (knowingly joining an assembly of five or more persons) of CrPC. No Tibetan protester will be allowed to enter the area,” said a police official.
Security arrangements are in place and force has been deployed in and around the area. No Tibetan will be allowed to protest in the area including the Jantar Mantar. To keep the smooth flow of traffic commuters are requested to avoid the Sardar Patel Marg and the Ashoka Road for facilitating the VIP movement. To facilitate the safe and smooth movement of the VIP carcade, Sardar Patel Marg shall be closed for intermittent periods. The movement of general traffic is likely to be affected on Sardar Patel Marg, Dhaula Kuan and Ashoka Road. Motorists coming on NH-8 from Dwarka and Gurgaon and destined to reach New Delhi area will have to use Rao Tula Ram Marg, Moti Bagh, Shanti Path.
“Abai Marg, Manas Marg and Battle Honours Mess Marg shall be closed for movement of vehicles. However, vehicles of bonafide residents shall only be allowed. For other movements of the VVIP, adequate staff shall be deployed on route which shall guide and direct the motorists and effect proper traffic diversions,” said Joint Commissioner of Police (Traffic) Anil Shukla). Commuters are requested to avoid Dhaula Kuan, Sardar Patel Marg and Ashoka Road for hassle-free journey, he further added.