Staff Reporter
In view of the ensuing election the Bhopal Police are on high alert. Central forces have also arrived in the city. As many as 3,000 police personnel including of the central forces took out flag march in a periphery of 18 kilometres, on Saturday. The cops marched in sensitive areas of the state capital for over two hours. Senior Police officials including Additional Police Commissioner Avdhesh Goswami and DCPs Riyaz Iqbal, Padma Vilochan Shukla, Ramsharan Prajapati led the march on the day.
The forces from reserved police lines, special armed forces and in the district forces were part of the march. Constant monitoring is being done in sensitive polling stations and such areas of the city. On Saturday also, central forces and local police marched on foot in various areas. The outer points of the city were sealed. Along with this, intensive checking campaign is also going on at railway stations and bus stands.
On Saturday, flag marches were conducted in different sensitive areas of the city. On this occasion, the local police also participated in the flag march. The flag march on foot started from the Central Library and reached Jahangirabad via Itwara, Budhwara, Talaiya, Lily Talkies, Jinsi Square. The vehicle flag march started from Lal Parade Ground via Roshanpura, 1250 Hospital, Chetak Bridge, Gautam Nagar, Prabhat Square and reached the control room via DB Mall.
About 3,000 police officers-employees and about 100 vehicles including 17 companies of central forces, Bhopal police, station in-charge and reserve force participated in the flag march. Bhopal Police is also searching in hotels and lodges.