Police have beefed up security in view of Eid across the state as people in many districts have submitted memorandum expressing resentment against slaughter of animals in public during this weekend’s Eid celebration. Police department is all geared up to ensure peaceful completion of Dol Gyaras and Eid-ul-Adha, both falling on Saturday.
Additional police forces have been deployed at sensitive places to ensure that the festival passes off peacefully, IG intelligence Makrand Deouskar said on Friday. Discussing the security arrangements, the DGP in a video conference with the districts’ superintendent of police asked then to hold meeting of all religious and political leaders to ensure law and order during Dussehra and Muharram next month.
He also asked them to take precautionary measures and keep an eye on the all suspicious activities in the district. They have been directed to identify communal sensitive places and to keep tight vigil on the criminal activities. While western MP has always been communal sensitive, but in last few years the eastern part of the state has also seen some incidents of communal tension. Chambal and Gwalior region were regarded as communal tension free areas, however, in last few years cases of inter-religious conflicts have been reported in Bhind, Morrena and other places.
Even Bundelkhand and Mahakoshal regions have witnessed some communal tension in last few years. Jabalpur, Sahdol, Anooppur, Umaria Byohori have witnessed some incidents of communal disputes. Reports of communal fights have also been reported from Rahatgarh of Sagar district, Ajaygarh in Panna district, Tikamgarh and other places.
Earlier communal tension and disputes were confined to urban areas, but now rural pockets of the state have also become communally sensitive, which is a cause of concern for the police.
