Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra on Saturday took strong exception to the stationing of three armed security personnel at her home in the national capital, wondering whether she was under "some sort of surveillance" and asked Delhi Police chief to withdraw them.
Read more about Delhi Police head reviews arrangement at border in view of farmers protest on Business Standard. He also stressed the need to assess the performance of anti-snatching teams and use of crime teams regularly
Chakka jam today: Security tightened at border points near protest sites
India
Published: Saturday, February 6, 2021, 8:17 [IST]
New Delhi, Feb 06: Security at the city s border points near the three protest sites have been tightened by deploying extra forces and putting up multi-layered barricades, barbed wires and nails studded on the roads ahead of the proposed chakka jam by farmers protesting the Centre s three agri laws, police said on Friday.
Earlier in the day, Delhi Police Commissioner S N Shrivastava also held a meeting with the senior officers of the force and reviewed the security arrangements.
The police will also be monitoring content on the social media to keep a watch on those spreading rumours against the force, officials said.
A high alert has been declared in Delhi ahead o the chakka jam by farmers.Drones have been deployed a massive security cover is in place to ensure that a January 26 like situation doesn t arise. The farmer unions have however said that the chakka jam will not affect Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand.
The Delhi Police intensified security at all border points of the city, including using drones to keep tight vigil and deployed thousands of personnel to deal with any situation emerging out of the nationwide 'chakka jam' being held on Saturday by the farmers protesting the Centre's new agri laws, officials said.