Hanuman Jayanti LIVE Updates: Delhi Police Stops Kapil Mishra From Participating In Jahangirpuri Procession, Takes Him To DCP Office
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Howrah: West Bengal LoP, Suvendu Adhikari participated in Hanuman Jayanti 'Shobha Yatra'. I have come here as a Sanatani. There is no Hindustan without Lord Ram. Thanks to the Calcutta High Court, peaceful processions are being taken out across Bengal: West Bengal LoP Suvendu Adhikari
On the occasion of Hanuman Jayanti, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal offered prayers at Hanuman temple located in Delhi Secretariat.
Delhi Police on Thursday stopped Kapil Mishra who was on his way to Jahangirpuri to attend the Shobha Yatraon Hanuman Jayanti.
DCP Seelampur team stopped Mishra at Buradi and he is being taken to the DCP office Civil Lines.
On the law and order situation on Hanuman Jayanti, Dependra Pathak, Special Commissioner of Police, Delhi Police said, "On Hanuman Jayanti, there will be a lot of programs across the city. We have a strategic deployment of paramilitary forces. We will ensure all places expecting processions are safe."
Bengal police has said that Sukanta Majumdar's Hoogly visit was cancelled as per the court's order.
The police in an email said that it was not right for them to come due to the law and order situation. Hence his visit to Hooghly was cancelled as per the order of the court, they added. Majumdar was to attend the party's program in the Bansberia area in Hooghly.
Jitendra Kumar Meena, DCP North West, at Jahangirpuri, Delhi said, "Strategic deployment of forces done for the 'Shobha Yatra'. No untoward incident has occurred during the earlier procession."
Hanuman Jayanti procession being held by Bajrang Dal in Delhi's Nandnagri area.
The Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) is holding a 'Shobha Yatra' in Delhi's Jahangirpuri despite police denying permission to take out any kind of procession.
Hanuman Jayanti: Delhi Police has denied permission to take out a procession in Jahangirpuri citing 'sensitivity and ramifications on law and order'.
The police said that celebrations at the temple can be done but not procession at all.
Two Hanuman Jayanti processions have been planned in Delhi's Jahangirpuri today.
The first procession will be taken out by the Hindu Vahini from the H block. The second one will be taken out from the E block.
The police have converted the entire Jahangirpuri into a cantonment. They have asked the Hindu Vahini to take out a procession of only 100 metres.
However, Hindu Vahini is performing a 'Havan' at H Block BK Square. They say that they would not take the procession further.
The procession time of E Block is 2 pm.
(Inputs from Varun Jain)
Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose reached Hanuman temple in the lake Town area of Kolkata.
The procession on Hanuman Jayanti is being held in the Brahmapuri area of Delhi amid heavy police deployment.
Shobha Yatra on Hanuman Jayanti is being taken out in West Bengal's Howrah amid heavy police security.
Security beefed up in Haridwar, Uttarakhand on the occasion of Hanuman Jayanti. The entire area is being monitored through drones.
Central police forces deployed in parts of Kolkata, Hooghly and Barrackpore to assist West Bengal police in maintaining law and order in view of Hanuman Jayanti celebrations, a senior police officer told PTI.
Heavy security has been deployed in Delhi's Jahangirpuri on the occasion of Hanuman Jayanti.
Jitendra Meena, DCP-North West said, "The procession organisers will follow the approved routes. Around 200-300 people will participate in one procession and around 500 people are expected to take part in another procession."
Shri Hanuman Bhakt Mandal takes out a procession in Howrah's Belur in West Bengal on the occasion of Hanuman Jayanti.
Delhi police has given permission to take out the Shobha Yatra in the Jahangirpuri area within a certain distance on the occasion of Hanuman Jayanti today.
As per ANI, the police said, "The route has been prepared. In order to maintain law and order, permission has been given to take out the Shobha Yatra within a certain distance. Discussion held with the organising committee and an appeal have been made to take out the Yatra as per law and order."
Heavy security has been deployed in Delhi's Jahangirpuri ahead of Shobha Yatra to be taken out on the occasion of Hanuman Jayanti today.
Devotees offer prayers at Marghat Hanuman Temple, Kashmere Gate, and Pracheen Hanuman Mandir in Connaught Place on the occasion of Hanuman Jayanti today.
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The Union Home Ministry on Wednesday said central forces have been deployed in West Bengal to assist the state police in maintaining law and order during Hanuman Jayanti, PTI reported. Hanuman Jayanti festival will be celebrated across the country on April 6.
"There will be an ample number of state police forces deployed at sensitive areas in the state and also at those places where violence was witnessed recently, Apart from that, we have decided to deploy three companies of paramilitary forces in Kolkata, Hooghly and Barrackpore," a senior government official told PTI.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has claimed there are plans afoot for another round of violence in the state on Thursday durung Hanuman Jayanti and urged everyone to maintain peace.
"Tomorrow is Hanuman Jayanti. I will urge everybody to celebrate it peacefully. There will be no problem if peace is observed. Bengal is the land of peace," Banerjee told reporters.
The TMC supremo has been alleging that BJP was behind the recent incidents of clashes in Howrah and Hooghly districts during Ram Navami celebrations.
Meanwhile, the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) has decided to conduct 500 Hanuman Jayanti programmes across Bengal on Thursday.
VHP national assistant secretary Sachindranath Singha said no weapons would be carried during the processions
Notably, the Ministry of Home Affairs has issued an advisory to the states ensuring a law and order situation during Hunaman Jayanti on Thursday.
"The governments are encouraged to ensure the maintenance of law and order, peaceful observance of the festival, and monitoring of any factors that could disturb communal harmony in society," it said in a statement on Wednesday.
Earlier in the day, Delhi Police took out a flag march in Jahangirpuri where violent clashes took place during the Hanuman Jayanti rally last year.
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