With the Chief Minister cancelling all leaves of administrative officials till Moharram and shoot-at-sight order has been ordered at Air Force station in Gorakhpur to repel any possible terror strikes.
In Deoria too, police cops an sleuths of Anti-Terrorist Squad have been pressed into action after villagers spotted movement of some ultras on Thursday night. “Orders to shoot any suspicious person inside the Air Force campus in Gorakhpur have been given after the surgical strikes in Pakistan occupied Kashmir (POK),” confirmed a senior police officer posted in Gorakhpur.
He said that entry of any vehicle inside the premises has totally been restricted and directives of proper frisking of visitors coming inside or going outside have been issued.
A notice regarding the directives has been pasted at wall of the campus which said that if the security on observed any suspicious activity he can ‘shoot at his will’.
In Deoria too, movement of suspected terrorists was spotted on Thursday night. Similar movement was noticed by some school children in Navi Mumbai last week.
Station Officer of Khukhundu police station in Deoria, said to have received a call on his CUG mobile on Thursday night in which the caller claiming himself to be a native of lakhna Parsaiya hamlet said that he saw some unidentified persons whom he suspected to be ultras. This was immediately conveyed to SP Deoria Mohamed Imran, who rushed there and summoned forces from neighboring police stations for combing.