Given a menace issued by Khalistani separatists, about 3,500 police personnel will probably be deployed at Narendra Modi stadium in Motera space and different elements of Ahmedabad through the opening match of the ICC Cricket World Cup on October 5.
Joint Commissioner of Police, sector 1, Chirag Koradia on Wednesday mentioned a multi-layered safety is being put in place to thwart any assault.
The primary match will probably be performed between England and New Zealand.
“As many as 16 IPS officers will probably be on the sector to oversee our safety set-up on Thursday through the cricket match. The identical safety association, consisting of various layers, will probably be additionally carried out in subsequent matches to be performed on the Narendra Modi stadium as a part of the World Cup,” Koradia informed reporters.
He mentioned about 3,500 police personnel, together with visitors personnel, will probably be on responsibility inside and out of doors the stadium, at different areas, and on the roads to be taken by the gamers to succeed in the stadium from their lodge.
“There will probably be an internal layer and an outer layer of safety on the stadium along with our tight safety on the parking space and the stadium’s metro station,” the police officer mentioned.
Fast Response Groups (QRT) and Bomb Detection and Disposal Crew (BDDS) squads can even be deployed at key areas on Thursday.
Koradia mentioned automobiles passing from Motera space are being completely checked and nobody will probably be allowed to enter the stadium and not using a legitimate ticket, cross or different authorization.
Forward of the inaugural match and 4 extra ties to be performed in Ahmedabad, the visitors police have issued a notification prohibiting the motion of automobiles on the highway resulting in the stadium from the BRTS junction from 11 am until midnight.
The cyber crime department of Ahmedabad police registered an FIR on September 29 towards Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, the chief of the banned outfit Sikhs for Justice (SFJ), for threatening to show the cricket World Cup into “World Terror Cup”.
The FIR acknowledged the individuals from Gujarat had acquired Pannun’s menace by way of a pre-recorded voice message despatched from a overseas quantity.
The message claimed “Sikhs for Justice goes to storm Ahmedabad with Khalistani flags” through the inaugural match on Thursday.
