Delhi Police Allows Hanuman Jayanti Procession In Jahangirpuri Within Certain Distance Amid Heavy Security

A Hanuman Jayanti procession will be witnessed today in the Jahangirpuri area amid heavy police deployment. Delhi Police said the approved route has been regulated.

File photo of recent Ram Navmi procession in Jahangirpuri | Security deployed on the occasion of Hanuman Jayanti in the Jahangirpuri area on Thursday

Source : PTI | ANI

Delhi police on Wednesday gave permission to take out the Shobha Yatra in northwest Delhi's Jahangirpuri area within a certain distance. The Hanuman Jayanti celebration last year was hit by communal violence and this year, it's being regulated in consultation with organisers, police said. 

Delhi Police had denied permission to the Vishwa Hindu Parishad and another group to carry out a procession. But the organisers later received permission and the police deployment in the area was enhanced.

Two processions were permitted to be carried out. First one by the Hindu Vahini from the H block and the second from the E block. The police asked the Hindu Vahini to take out a procession of 100 metres.

According to inputs, Hindu Vahini is performing Havan at H Block BK Square and its members said that they will not take the procession further.

The second procession will begin from E Block at 2 pm.

According to news agency PTI, the police said the organisers had applied for permission to take out a Hanuman Jayanti procession in the area, and the route has been regulated.

WATCH | Security deployed on the occasion of Hanuman Jayanti in the Jahangirpuri area of Delhi pic.twitter.com/A4nX9scLZN

— ANI (@ANI) April 6, 2023

"Hanuman Jayanti celebration at Jahangirpuri is being regulated in consultation with the organisers. We are ensuring that it takes place in safe and secure manner," Special Commissioner of Police (law and order) Deependra Pathak said, as quoted by PTI.

The police took out a flag march in the Jahangirpuri area on Tuesday.

Eight police personnel and a local resident were injured in stone-pelting and arson after clashes broke out between two communities in Jahangirpuri during a Hanuman Jayanti procession on April 16 last year. Some vehicles were also set ablaze.

Following the recent clashes seen in various states on Ram Navami, the Union Home Ministry on Wednesday asked all states to ensure law and order during Hanuman Jayanti and monitor any factor that could disturb peace and harmony in society.

"The MHA has issued an advisory to all states in preparation for Hanuman Jayanti. 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," the Home Minister's Office tweeted.

The MHA has issued an advisory to all states in preparation for Hanuman Jayanti. 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.

— गृहमंत्री कार्यालय, HMO India (@HMOIndia) April 5, 2023

Spokesperson of the Home Affairs Ministry also informed that Central Armed Police Forces have been deployed in West Bengal to assist state police in maintaining law and order during observance of Hanuman Jayanti."

Central Armed Police Forces deployed in West Bengal to assist state police in maintaining law and order during observance of Hanuman Jayanti.

— Spokesperson, Ministry of Home Affairs (@PIBHomeAffairs) April 5, 2023

Clashes and instances of fire-bombing were reported from towns in the industrial belt of Hooghly and Howrah districts related to Ram Navami processions over the last few days.