'SECURITY FIRST
Mateen Hafeez TNN
Mumbai: The quick response team (QRT) commandos, meant to control the situation after any terror attack, will be deployed to maintain law and order during the Chhat Puja celebrations on Tuesday.
The city police have decided to take help from the QRT, state reserve police force (SRPF), tear gas units, special branch policemen in plainclothes and other security agencies.
“We want the Chhath processions to be peaceful. There won’t be any law and order problem,” said deputy commissioner of police, Nisar Tamboli.
This comes in the wake of Shiv Sena and Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) leaders locking horns with Congress MP Sanjay Nirupam following his statement in Nagpur last Sunday that north Indians can, if they choose to, bring Mumbai to a halt.
All police stations in the city have been asked to beef up security in their areas and be prepared to tackle any riot-like situation. The five police regions in the city have a team of 75 QRT commandos each.
“Maximum police bandobast will be made at the Juhu beach, where devotees gather in large
numbers every year on the occasion of Chhath Puja. Our men in mufti will also be deployed there to gather intelligence,” said a police officer.
mateen.hafeez@timesgroup.com
The Times of India, November 1, 2011
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