Ram Navani will be celebrated on Thursday.
The official order declining permission for the 'Shree Ram Bhagwan Pratima Yatra' was signed by the Assistant Commissioner of Police (Headquarters) of the northwest district and issued on Monday, reported news agency PTI.
“I am directed to inform you that your request for ‘Shree Ram Bhagwan Pratima Yatra’ on the occasion of Ram Navami Mahotsav on Thursday has been considered by the competent authority but could not be acceded to form law and order point of view,” according to the order.
Additionally, another permission sought by a group for praying at a park in Netaji Subhash Place on Ramzan has also been denied as it was also deemed "not traditional". The police have suggested that the program be conducted inside the mosque, as it had been done previously.
The senior official said according to police records, there was no previous permission granted to the group for this particular event. The permission was "not traditional". Only this particular permission for the Jahangirpuri area has been denied.
Last year in April, clashes broke out between two communities during a Hanuman Jayanti procession in Jahangirpuri in Delhi, leaving eight police personnel and a local resident injured. According to the police, there was stone pelting and arson during the clashes, and some vehicles were also torched.
(With agency inputs)