Ahmedabad under tight security cordon for India-Pakistan cricket match; Gujarat police on 'alert mode'

Security has been tightened in Ahmedabad and at the Narendra Modi Stadium in view of the IndiaPakistan World Cup match on Saturday with the police heads of various units across Gujarat being on alert mode to keep a close watch on antisocial elements and sensitive areas to avoid any untoward incident officials saidThe match is scheduled to be held in Ahmedabads Narendra Modi Stadium the worlds largest cricket stadium between 2 pm and 10 pmMore than 6000 personnel of the Gujarat police force along with those of 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 Motera areaGujarat Director General of Police DGP Vikas Sahay said during his media briefing on Friday that the overall security setup has been divided into five key pillars security for stadium and spectators traffic and parking arrangement security for the cricket teams close watch on antisocial elements and making sure that no untoward incident takes place in the entire stateVarious units of police across Gujarat have been instructed to remain on alert mode to keep a close watch on antisocial elements and sensitive areas to avert any untoward incident during and after the match an official saidDifferent security agencies such as AntiTerrorist Squad ATS city crime branch and Special Operations Group SOG have been roped in to deal with antisocial elements and terrorists he saidAt the same time the units of Gujarat police across the state have been directed to be on alert mode after 8 pm tomorrow as the match ends at 10 pm on Saturday State Reserve Police SRP units remain on alert position for a quick deployment in case of an emergency officials saidFour senior IPS officers and 21 deputy commissioner of police DCP rank officers have been deployed supervise and guide the personnel they saidAhmedabad Commissioner of Police G S Malik said though the city has never witnessed communal violence during cricket matches played in the city in the past 20 years security forces were deployed in several communallysensitive areas as a precautionary measureTo respond to any chemical biological radiological and nuclear CBRN emergencies during the match teams from the State Disaster Response Force SDRF and NDRF will also be deployed in the cityEarlier this week the Ahmedabad crime branch arrested a man for allegedly sending an email threatening attack on the Narendra Modi Stadium The accused had allegedly sent an email claiming that there will be a blast in the stadiumLast month the Gujarat Police registered an FIR against Gurpatwant Singh Pannun the chief of banned outfit Sikhs for Justice SFJ for threatening to turn the Cricket World Cup unveiled on October 5 at Narendra Modi stadium into World Terror CupThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever