New Delhi: The security has been beefed up in the riot-hit Jahangirpuri area after the Delhi Police denied permission for the Shree Ram Bhagwan Pratima yatra on Ram Navami in the northeast area of the national capital, as per ABP News sources. The development comes after the area was previously affected by riots during a Hanuman Jayanti procession last year.
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 a law and order point of view,” according to the order.
Meanwhile, the police had also denied permission to a group seeking to pray at a park in Netaji Subhash Place during Ramzan deeming it as “not traditional”. The police have suggested that the program be conducted inside the mosque, as it had been done previously.
As per the senior official citing 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.
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Clashes had broken out between two communities in the area during a Hanuman Jayanti procession last year leaving eight police personnel and a resident injured. According to the police, there was stone pelting and arson during the clashes, and some vehicles were also torched.