Lahore, July 18, 2022 (PPI-OT): Inspector General of Police Punjab Rao Sardar Ali Khan has said that on the occasion of Eid-ul-Adha, fool proof arrangements have been made in all districts of the province for the security of mosques, Imambargahs and Eid gatherings in open spaces. IG Punjab directed that complete checking and clearance of all mosques, imambargahs and Eid venues should be ensured before Eid prayers.
He directed to deploy snipers of roof tops of sensitive mosques and imambargahs and also despite plain clothed commandos during Eid gatherings. IGP Punjab also directed to ensure checking of sensitive places with CCTV monitoring through walk-through gates and metal detectors.
Rao Sardar Ali Khan said that DIG Traffic should monitor the action plan on the occasion of Eid-ul-Adha to ensure smooth flow of traffic across the province and special attention should be paid to the flow of traffic in the vicinity of cattle markets on moon night.
IG Punjab directed that the patrolling hours of Dolphin, Peru and QRF on major highways in all major cities including Lahore should be increased. Implementation of Home Department SOPs should be ensured in all cases and efforts to collect skins by changing names or in any other way should not be allowed to succeed by making the monitoring process of banned organizations more effective.
IG Punjab, while reviewing the security plan for Eid-ul-Adha, issued this directive to all the supervisory officers of the province. A spokesman for the Punjab Police said that more than 35,000 personnel would be on duty for the security of 27,645 Eid prayer gatherings across the province on the occasion of Eid-ul-Adha.
IG Punjab directed the officers to continue search, sweep, combing and intelligence based operations in all the districts on a daily basis. Special care should be taken for the security of the citizens visiting the recreational spots I.e. parks and public places during Eid holidays.
He said that DPOs, RPOs of all the districts should be seen in the field for checking fool proof security arrangements and additional teams should be deployed in the vicinity of cattle markets on moon night to facilitate the citizens. Rao Sardar Ali Khan said that fool proof arrangements should be made on the occasion of Eid under an effective strategy to prevent street crimes and incidents of robbery on highways.
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