Nearly 1,000 people, holding saffron flags, chanting Jai Shri Ram slogans, and bursting crackers took out a Ram Navami procession (Shobha Yatra) in north-west Delhi’s Jahangirpuri on Thursday amid heavy police and anti-riots force deployment amid heightened tensions in the area in the backdrop of last year’s violence during a similar religious rally on the occasion of Hanuman Jayanti.
Nearly 300 security personnel from Delhi Police, Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and Rapid Action Force (RAF) were deployed in the area with iron barricades being put up at separate locations on the main road and entry/exit points of several lanes.
No untoward incident was reported from any point during or after the yatra, deputy commissioner of police (north-west) Jitendra Kumar Meena said. “We gave the organisers a choice to organise the event on a smaller route and with certain conditions. They agreed. Today, the procession happened peacefully and the crowd adhered to our conditions. No untoward incident was reported. By 2pm, the entire gathering had dispersed. Thereafter, we removed the barricades, even as the presence of police remained till late evening,” said DCP Meena.
This story is from the March 31, 2023 edition of Hindustan Times.
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