The district police is gearing up for providing
foolproof security to the BJP’s Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra
Modi’s election campaign meeting to be held in Krishnagiri on Wednesday
afternoon.
Highly placed sources in the police department told
The Hindu
that they had received a tentative schedule of Modi’s visit to Krishnagiri.
As
per the schedule, he would land at the private air strip Taneja
Aerospace and Aviation Limited (TAAL) near Hosur and then proceed by a
chartered helicopter to the meeting venue in Kanimedu near Krishnagiri.
As
many as 3,000 police personnel from the nearby districts such as
Dharmapuri, Tirupur, Namakkal, Tiruchi and Vellore including 12
companies of Tamil Nadu Special Police will be present for the meeting.
As many as two Deputy Inspectors General of Police, and six Superintendents of Police would be deployed across the district.
Ahead
of Modi’s visit Subash G. Trivedi, Deputy Inspector General of Police
(Coastal Security) from Gujarat reached Krishnagiri on Tuesday to
inspect the security arrangements.
He had visited the
Taneja Aerospace and Aviation Limited (TAAL) facility on Tuesday
afternoon to check the security preparedness, the sources said.
After the Krishnagiri campaign meeting, Mr. Modi will go to Salem and Coimbatore.
After the public meeting in Coimbatore, Mr. Modi will leave for Ramanathapuram after an overnight stay, the party sources added.
