Priests offered prayers at Mahakaleshwar temple in Madhya Pradesh’s Ujjain after conducting a special Puja on Saturday for the success of team India in their World Cup match against Pakistan, which is scheduled to take place today. In a video posted by news agency PTI on X (formerly Twitter), many temple priests were seen performing Aarti ahead of the much-awaited World Cup match between India and Pakistan.
In a separate video, the priests were also seen putting tikka to the deity for the Indian team’s victory over Pakistan.
The match will take place in Ahmedabad and at the Narendra Modi Stadium amid tight security, which has been increased in view of the India-Pakistan World Cup match. The match is scheduled to start between 2 pm and 10 pm.
Several police heads of different units all over Gujarat have been put on "alert mode" to keep a close watch and monitor any anti-social elements and sensitive areas to avoid any untoward incident, said officials, reported news agency PTI.
Over 6,000 Gujarat police personnel besides the National Security Guard (NSG), Rapid Action Force (RAF) and National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), among others, have been deployed in the city and at the stadium located in the Motera area.
Talking to the media, Gujarat Director General of Police (DGP) Vikas Sahay said the department has divided the security arrangements into five key pillars such as security for stadium and spectators, traffic and parking arrangements, security for the cricket teams, close watch on anti-social elements and making sure that no untoward incident takes place in the entire state.
He further said many security agencies like the Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS), city crime branch, and Special Operations Group (SOG) have been deployed to deal with anti-social elements and terrorists.