The Delhi Police on Sunday stepped up security in Central Delhi and special traffic arrangements were made for the Shab-e-Baraat.
Delhi lieutnenat Governor Najeeb Jung appealed to the Muslim clerics to hold meetings with people of their areas and ensure that nothing untoward would be happened during the night long celebrations.
Delhi Police Commissioner Alok Kumar Verma too had held a meeting with the clerics and reportedly briefed them about the police arrangements.
A police official who was present in the meeting said they were advised to advise all to adhere to the law & order arrangements.
Special Commissioner of Police (law and Order) North SBK Singh said pamphlets were distributed among the community and regular meetings were held to impress upon them that peaceful celebration was to be ancouraged.
It may be noted that festival has often witnessed instances of stunt biking and rash driving by youngsters in previous years, for which over 100 special teams have been deployed in strategic locations to monitor their movement, a senior official said.
The Muslim community will be observing the festival intervening between Sunday and Monday, wherein a large number of devotees from Delhi and outside are likely to participate in offering prayers at various graveyards and mosques in Delhi. The security arrangement and traffic diversions will last till Monday morning, a senior police official said.
The officer said that major roads will be barricaded and special checking teams equipped with alcometers will be deployed at major intersections to detect and prosecute traffic violations. PCR and local police will also be deployed to identify and prosecute two-wheeler riders who are observed indulging in stunt biking.
Delhi Traffic Police officers and men deployed at vantage locations will monitor he processions and the same will be videographed. Those indulging in stunt biking will be prosecuted and the traffic police will write to the state transport authority to cancel their driving liecences, a traffic police official said.