Delhi: Section 144 Imposed In Shaheen Bagh, Security Tightened, Police Say ‘Precautionary Measure’

Delhi: The police deployment has come after a fringe right-wing group, Hindu Sena, gave a call to clear the Shaheen Bagh road on March 1.

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New Delhi: As a precautionary measure, following the threat messages from some fringe elements, section 144 has been imposed in southeast Delhi’s Shaheen Bagh area which has emerged as the epicentre of the anti-Citizenship Amendment Act protests. Several women have been leading a protest on the road against the new citizenship law for more than two months in Shaheen Bagh. The police deployment has come after a fringe right-wing group, Hindu Sena, gave a call to clear the Shaheen Bagh road on March 1. Image courtesy: ANI However on Saturday, with the intervention of police, they called off their proposed protest against the anti-CAA agitation in Shaheen Bagh. "The proposed protest call was cancelled with timely intervention. But as a precautionary measure, we have made heavy police deployment here," Deputy Commissioner of Police (Southeast) RP Meena said. Watch here:  Twelve companies, including two of female forces, have been deployed in Shaheen Bagh, 100 men each from four police districts have also been deployed along with the local police, the official said. The Hindu Sena said in a statement police pressured them to call off their protest on Sunday against the Shaheen Bagh agitation. Shaheen Bagh, near Jamia Millia Islamia, has been a protest venue for a section of people opposed to the Citizenship Amendment Act and the National Register of Citizens since December 15 last year. Also check the following stories:  Normalcy Returns To Northeast Delhi A Week After Riots; 230 FIRs Registered So Far Has India’s GDP Decline 'Bottomed Out'?