Over 7,000 police personnel for Ganeshotsav security

NP NEWS NETWORK

Pune

The Ganpati festival of Pune, which has a glorious tradition, begins on Thursday. There will be over 7,000 police personnel in the city during the festive period.

There are 3,245 public Ganeshotsav mandals registered in Pune city and meetings were organized by the police to interact with various public Ganeshotsav mandal officials.

Commissioner of Police Dr K Venkatesham, Joint Commissioner Shivaji Bodke, Special Branch DCP Ashok Morale inspected the security bandobast. There will be 525 officers including two additional police commissioners, 15 DCPs, 36 ACPs, 200 police inspectors, assistant inspectors, sub-inspectors will be deployed for bandobast. 500 personnel of the Home Guard as well as three companies of the SRPF will assist the Pune city police.

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There is big crowd in the Belbaug chowk and the Mandai area. In this area, police will also keep eye on women devotees to prevent eve-teasing and theft cases. A team of women police personnel and crime branch teams will be deployed too. The Bomb Detection and Disposal Squad (BDDS). Metal detectors will be installed in the Mandai area at major mandals. Police have appealled mandals to follow the directions given by the court about noise level.

1,247 cameras to keep watch

In the city and suburbs, the state government has installed 1,247 CCTV cameras. The CCTV control room (Command Center) is located at the Pune Police Commissionerate office in Camp. CCTV cameras will be monitored by the police in the area of ​​important mandals. Instructions have been issued to place additional CCTV cameras in some places. Police have been instructed to take security measures in Mandai area. Police have appealed people to contact police immediately if they find any suspicious object or person.