Given the protest and violence that occurred across the country after the Namaz offering on last two Zuma, on 3rd and 10th June respectively, there is a high alert across the country regarding the same. Rioters have been spreading violence for the last two weeks and the situation became uncontrollable during Friday prayers. In view of this, the police, PAC and RAF have been put on alert.
Special vigil is being taken in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Jharkhand. Helicopters will be used for surveillance in UP. A presentation for this has also been done on Wednesday.
During the presentation, it was told that multi-use commercial helicopters can be used for better policing, covering new expressways and disaster management in times of need. Additional Chief Secretary Home Avnish Awasthi has also considered helicopters convenient in riot control, policing, tourism, disaster and medical services.
Additional Director General of Police, Law and Order, Prashant Kumar told- For Friday this time 130 companies of PAC and 10 companies of RAF have been deployed in different districts. Additional police force has been arranged in districts where protests are expected. Apart from this, PAC and police force will also be available at the zone and range level.
He told that there will be special vigilance in western UP. Videography of sensitive places will also be done. So far 357 people have been arrested from nine districts. Of these, 97 people have been arrested in Prayagraj, 85 in Saharanpur, 55 in Hathras, 41 in Ambedkarnagar, 40 in Moradabad, 20 in Firozabad, 8 in Lakhimpur, 6 in Aligarh and 5 in Jalaun.
Districts like Lucknow, Kanpur, Varanasi, Saharanpur, Prayagraj and Moradabad have high alert. Apart from this, special monitoring is being done in Meerut, Muzaffarnagar, Badaun, Sambhal, Bareilly, Moradabad and Aligarh in western Uttar Pradesh.
Lucknow, Kanpur and Unnao, police took stock of law and order by conducting flag marches. On June 3, there was a lot of ruckus after Friday prayers on Nai Road under Bekanganj police station area of Kanpur, where PAC, RAF and QRT have been deployed.