Nagpur: Tight security is in place on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr or Ramzan Eid being celebrated on Tuesday, May 3. As many as 3,500 police personnel will be deployed in the city for bandobast. Special teams of Quick Response Team (QRT) and Riot Control Police (RCP) will remain on alert to respond to any untoward incident, police officials said.
Commissioner of Police (CP) Amitesh Kumar said that 3,500 police personnel with a support of more than 800 home guards were deployed in various parts of the city since Monday evening. The top cop conducted a meeting of senior police officials and took stock of the situation. He ordered police officers to take stern action against anti-social elements.
About 283 mosques, 870 temples and 440 Buddha Vihars are located in Nagpur city. The police patrolling was intensified from Monday night to check on antisocial elements, the CP said. A company of State Reserve Police Force (SRPF) also will be deployed for the bandobast in sensitive areas, he added. The police chief appealed to the citizens to celebrate the festival peacefully.
The Nagpur Rural police have also intensified patrolling in the district. A strict bandobast has been planned to maintain law and order, a police official said. As many as 800 policemen with 20 Police Inspectors and 80 API/PSI and 600 home guards would be deployed across the district on Tuesday. There are 108 mosques, 20 idgahs, 800 temples, 21 churches, seven Gurudwaras and 525 Buddha Vihars located in Nagpur district. Two platoons of SRPF have been deployed in the sensitive Sillewada and Walni area of the district, the official said.
Muslims all over the globe celebrate Eid al-Fitr, also known as Eid Ul-Fitr or Meethi Eid or generally called Eid, indicating the culmination of the holy month of Ramzan. Eid al-Fitr is celebrated on the first day of Shawaal, the tenth month of the Islamic calendar, after the new crescent moon is sighted on the 29th or 30th of Ramzan.
As per the Central Government’s holiday calendar, May 3 has been marked as a holiday for Eid al-Fitr, however, the celebration will depend on the sighting of the new moon only.
