14K personnel to secure route along R-Day parade

More than 14,000 security personnel, including trained commandos, snipers, and spotters, armed with sophisticated weapons and advanced gadgets, will form a security cordon in and around Kartavya Path during the 75th Republic Day celebrations, according to senior police officers aware of the matter.

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Delhi's special commissioner of police (security) Dependra Pathak said that around 77,000 people are expected to attend the event on Friday.

This year, security arrangements have been augmented for two reasons the Parliament breach in December last year when two people entered the Lok Sabha chamber and released smoke canisters, and also because of inputs regarding possible disruptions in the wake of the inauguration of the new Ram Temple in Ayodhya, the officer added.

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