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Eid al-Azha: Haryana police to intensify social media monitoring, deploy more cops
The Haryana police have issued guidelines to maintain law and order across the state in view of the Eid al-Azha (Bakrid) festival, which will be celebrated on June 6 or 7, depending on the visibility of the crescent moon.
State police headquarters has instructed all police commissioners, superintendents of police, and field units to remain vigilant and ensure communal harmony.
Shatrujeet Kapur, Director-General of Police, Haryana, has issued detailed instructions to all the district police chiefs to initiate steps for maintaining law and order and communal harmony during the festival. The district police chiefs are instructed to monitor social media posts and take stern action against anyone posting inflammatory content or any other content violative of the law.
Shatrujeet Kapur emphasised that 'maintaining peace, law, and order in the state is of utmost priority, and officers have been directed to ensure a harmonious atmosphere at all costs'.
The DGP's office has directed that 'meetings with peace committees be held at the district level and that advance monitoring of the law and order situation be ensured. It must be ensured that no untoward incident occurs during the festival'.
The order further states that 'special attention must be paid to the activities of anti-social elements and individuals who may attempt to disturb communal harmony. All sensitive areas should be identified, and special security arrangements must be ensured there'.
'Instructions have been given for adequate deployment of police personnel and for setting up checkpoints at religious places and sensitive areas to ensure swift response in case of any emergency. All intelligence units across the state have been instructed to remain active and provide timely, accurate, and effective inputs so that police forces can take prompt action. During the festival, monitoring of social media platforms will be intensified. Strict legal action will be taken against those posting inflammatory content or violating the law,' the order issued by the DGP's office read.
'Senior officers deployed in the field have been instructed to brief the police force properly before deployment and to personally supervise the situation on the ground. It must also be ensured by the officers that all instructions are fully complied with,' a police spokesperson said in a statement.
