Delhi News: Days before the 78th Independence Day celebrations on August 15, Delhi Police on Thursday heightened the security arrangements across the national capital and put up posters of various terrorists linked with Al Qaeda and Khalistan in the city. Cops also encouraged the Delhites to assist them in catching the terrorists.
The Delhi police have also said that those coming forward with any information regarding the terrorists will be rewarded "suitably". The names of informants will, however, be concealed, according to a report by news agency ANI.
Security measures have been reportedly taken to raise awareness among the people and help police track the terrorists. According to the police, there are fifteen terrorists mentioned in the posters, out of whom six are associated with Al-Qaeda.
"We are putting up terrorist posters in view of the upcoming Independence Day 2024 to raise awareness among citizens," said Sub-inspector Komal Shakya, who is an officer in charge of the Khan Market all-women police booth.
The Delhi police also busted the illegal sale of Chinese Manjha in the national capital on Monday. The police seized a huge amount of Chinese manjha from a house at Fayaz Ganj in the Azad Market area. One person was arrested during the raid.
To further ensure national security, Punjab police have also taken heightened security measures by carrying out spot searches at all the bus stands across the state.
As per the ANI report, a special cordon and search operation (CASO), conducted on the directions of Director General of Police (DGP) Punjab Gaurav Yadav, was carried out for two hours simultaneously in all 28 police districts on Tuesday. Under the operation, police teams, with the assistance of sniffer dogs, frisked people arriving and departing at bus stands.
Special Director General of Police (Special DGP) Law and Order Arpit Shukla, who was personally monitoring this state-level operation, said that all the Commissioner of Police/Senior Superintendent of Police (CPs/SSPs) were asked to ensure proper cordon-off and thorough search of all the bus stands in their respective districts amidst the maximum number of police teams under the supervision of SP rank officers to make this operation successful.