Elaborate safety preparations have been made for the India-Bangladesh second Take a look at match to be performed on the Worldwide Inexperienced Park stadium in Kanpur scheduled from September 27, a senior official stated on Tuesday. An FIR was filed towards 20 members of the Akhilesh Bhartiya Hindu Mahasabha on Monday for allegedly organising a ‘havan’ by obstructing the highway earlier than the stadium to protest towards atrocities on Hindus in Bangladesh, stated ACP Harish Chander. Police stated a “fool-proof” safety plan has been chalked out for India and Bangladesh cricket groups that are speculated to arrive right here by Tuesday night.
Kanpur’s Further Commissioner of Police (Regulation and Order) Harish Chander informed PTI they’ve sought ample police drive, together with senior rank officers, to be deployed for the match.
“We’re reviewing the safety preparations to depart no stone unturned and (are) assured of getting an ample police drive to fulfill the necessities,” he added.
The officer stated they had been coordinating with the central and state businesses, together with the Intelligence Bureau (IB) and the state Intelligence to share inputs relating to threats, if any, to take care of it deftly.
The Inexperienced Park stadium and Lodge Landmark have been divided into sectors, zones and sub-zones, and its reign has been given to DCP, further DCP and ACP rank officers, respectively, stated DCP (East) Shrawan Kumar Singh, who has been made the nodal officer of all the occasion.
Visitors diversions have additionally been imposed forward of the match.
These named within the FIR included Rakesh Mishra, Vikas, Atul, Jaydeep, Vikas Gupta, Prashant Dheer, Ajay Rathore, Ashish, Brajesh and about 10 others unidentified.
The FIR has been lodged below BNS sections of 189(2) (illegal meeting), 191 (2) (rioting), 223 (disobeying an order promulgated by a public servant), and 285 (obstruction or damage to any individual in any public method), he stated.
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