With stray incidents of violence being reported from Ghaziabad and NRC region by supporters of Dera Sachcha Sauda chief Guru Ram Rahim to protest his conviction in a rape case in Panchkula (Haryana) on Friday, top cops in lucknow sounded a high alert across western UP.
Additional DG (law and Order) Anand Kumar said on Friday that an alert has been sounded in the western areas of the state and districts adjacent to Haryana.
``We take all preventive steps to ensure no spill over effect in UP through strict checking on the inter-state borders and patrolling,” Kumar said adding that no individual or group whould be allowed to foment trouble.
In his directive dispatched soon after the judgement was pronounced at Panchkula, Kumar asked all officers and personnel to take to the streets and ensure peace.
The ADG said that all Public Response Vehicles (PRVs) were pressed into service, all control rooms were alerted and instructions have been given to ensure minimum response time to any SOS.
Meanwhile reports from Ghaziabad, Muzaffarnagar, Bagpat and some areas of NCR confirmed that violence broke was unleashed by Ram Rahim’s supporters went on the rampage damaging vehicles and torching buses. The cops used force to disperse the trouble makers but the situation continued to remain tense.