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Heavy security blanket across CP, New Delhi amid CJP’s ‘Lehra Do Tiranga’ march I

By Parwinder Sandhu
New Delhi, Oct 16 (UNI) Connaught Place and adjoining areas of the national capital were placed under an extensive security cover today ahead of the Cockroach Janata Party’s (CJP) proposed ‘Lehra Do Tiranga’ march at Central Park, with thousands of security personnel deployed, barricades erected at key junctions and surveillance intensified amid the ongoing agitation seeking the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar over alleged irregularities in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.
Over 6,000 Delhi Police personnel, along with 220 companies of Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF), have been mobilised across the New Delhi district to maintain law and order. Additional forces have been kept ready to deal with any sudden increase in the number of demonstrators or a possible escalation of tensions, officials said.
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