Shahjahanpur (UP), Mar 12 (UNI) The district administration has covered the mosques with tarpaulin and barricaded them as a precautionary measure before the historic procession on the occasion of Holi in Shahjahanpur district here in Uttar Pradesh, a senior police officer said here on Wednesday.
Superintendent of Police (SP) Rajesh S said that apart from the Chota and Bada Laat Sahab, a total of 18 processions are taken out in the city on Holi, of which two processions are prominent. "For the security of these processions, Bada Laat Sahab has been divided into three zones and 8 sectors, in which about 100 magistrates have been deployed," he said.
He said that the police have taken preventive action against 2,423 mischievous elements. "In the security arrangements of both the processions, about 1,500 policemen including 250 sub-inspectors from 10 police jurisdictions, two companies of PAC will also be deployed on the procession route," he said.