NEW DELHI: Authorities on Monday suspended cellular internet and bulk SMS services in Haryana’s Nuh district to forestall any communal pressure forward of the annual Braj Mandal Jalabhishek Yatra.The preventive measures come in the backdrop of the 2023 procession, which led to lethal communal clashes in the district, claiming six lives.All you need to know
- According to police, round 2,500 personnel can be deployed in the course of the Yatra. Fourteen deputy superintendents of police (DSPs) can be on responsibility, and 28 checkpoints have been arrange at numerous places alongside the route. Videography and strict checking can be carried out at these checkpoints to forestall the entry of miscreants.
- Additional measures embody the deployment of mounted police, sniffer canine, bomb disposal squads, 4 drones, 21 video cameras, and commando models, they added.
- All authorities and personal faculties in the district will stay closed.
- District Magistrate Vishram Kumar Meena issued orders prohibiting the carrying of all weapons, together with licensed arms, firearms, swords, sticks, tridents, rods, knives, and chains. Only the kirpan, worn as a non secular image by members of the Sikh group, has been exempted.
- The use of DJs, loudspeakers, or any sound-amplifying gadgets with provocative content material that might damage the emotions of any group can be strictly prohibited.
- Meat outlets alongside the Kanwar route are to stay closed until July 24.
- According to police, cow vigilante Bittu Bajrangi has been denied permission to attend the Yatra, and his social media accounts have been suspended.
- The sale of petrol or diesel in open containers corresponding to bottles can be prohibited at gas stations in Nuh district from 6 am to 12 midday on Monday.
According to the Haryana authorities’s order, the transfer is aimed toward stopping the unfold of misinformation and rumours by way of social media platforms corresponding to WhatsApp, Facebook, and X, and to curb any mobilisation of agitators or demonstrators who may indulge in arson, vandalism, or different violent actions, main to lack of life and property.“No attention should be paid to any kind of rumours. Strict action should be taken against those spreading misinformation,” Meena stated, including {that a} particular crew will monitor social media to curb any makes an attempt to vitiate the ambiance.Additional Director General of Police (Law and Order) Sanjay Kumar reviewed the security preparations and directed officers from the civil and police administration to coordinate intently.