- Title: India beefs up security ahead of Independence Day
- Date: 14th August 2021
- Summary: NEW DELHI, INDIA (AUGUST 14, 2021) (ANI - NO USE INDIA) VARIOUS OF SECURITY PERSONNEL ATOP RED FORT AMID FLAGS FLUTTERING INDEPENDENCE DAY PREPARATIONS UNDERWAY BANNER ARMED SECURITY PERSONNEL ON GUARD WEAPON IN HANDS OF SECURITY PERSONNEL SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS ON POLE VARIOUS OF SECURITY PERSONNEL WALKING WITH SNIFFER DOG SCOUTING AREA POLICE VAN ARMED SECURITY PERSONNEL ON GUARD WEAPON ARMED SECURITY PERSONNEL ON GUARD NEAR TEMPLE POLICE BARRICADING VARIOUS OF POLICE CHECKING COMMUTERS ON MOTORCYCLES SECURITY PERSONNEL STANDING POLICE FRISKING VEHICLES ARMED SECURITY PERSONNEL ON GUARD POLICE FRISKING VEHICLES (SOUNDBITE) (Hindi) DEPUTY COMMISSIONER OF POLICE, DWARKA, SANTOSH KUMAR MEENA, SAYING: "Apart from the regular police deployment, we are doing tenant verification and servant verification, keeping given the upcoming Independence Day celebration. We are also checking cyber cafes, call centres, second-hand car dealers, etc. These are the modes which can be used by the anti-national elements. We are also verifying the existing foreign nationals living here." GUWAHATI, ASSAM, INDIA (AUGUST 14, 2021) (ANI - NO USE INDIA) VARIOUS OF INDEPENDENCE DAY PREPARATIONS UNDERWAY GUWAHATI RAILWAY STATION VARIOUS OF SECURITY PERSONNEL CHECKING PASSENGERS LUGGAGE AT RAILWAY STATION WITH SNIFFER DOGS AND METAL DETECTORS POLICEMAN WALKING WITH SNIFFER DOGS NEAR RAILWAY TRACKS (SOUNDBITE) (Hindi) RAILWAY PROTECTION FORCE OFFICIAL, INSPECTOR RANJEET BEZBARUWA, SAYING: "RPF (Railway Protection Force) and GRP (Government Railway Police) are conducting joint patrolling on railway tracks. We are also conducting joint checking exercise at railway stations. Luggage of passengers is also being checked while entering the station. There are DFMDs (door frame metal detactors) in place and hand-held metal detectors are also being used for checking. The dog squad of RPF police and that of CID (crime investigation department) of Assam police is also assisting us in sniffing of luggage and parcels on trains." SRINAGAR, JAMMU AND KASHMIR, INDIA (AUGUST 14, 2021) (ANI - NO USE INDIA) VARIOUS OF POLICE CHECKING MOTORCYCLE RIDERS VARIOUS OF SECURITY PERSONNEL ON GUARD WEAPON IN HANDS OF SOLDIER ON GUARD ARMED SOLDIER ON GUARD NEAR BARRICADING SOLDIER ON RIOT-CONTROL VEHICLE RIOT CONTROL VEHICLE PARKED BY ROADSIDE SOLDIERS ON GUARD (SOUNDBITE) (Hindi) INSPECTOR GENERAL, BORDER SECURITY FORCE, INDIAN KASHMIR, DR. RAJESH MISHRA, SAYING: "BSF is at LoC (India-Pakistan Border) as well as hinterland. We are on complete alert to stop infiltration or to face any other unforeseen challenge. We are also playing our part in the hinterland as per our plans with the police. I believe that 15th August will be celebrated peacefully in the valley." JAMMU, JAMMU AND KASHMIR, INDIA (AUGUST 14, 2021) (ANI - NO USE INDIA) VARIOUS OF MEMBERS OF INDIA'S BORDER SECURITY FORCE (BSF) PATROLLING NEAR LOC (LINE OF CONTROL) INDIA-PAKISTAN BORDER JAMMU, JAMMU AND KASHMIR, INDIA (AUGUST 14, 2021) (ANI - NO USE INDIA) (NIGHT SHOTS) POLICE AT CHECKING POINT SOLDIERS STOPPING TRUCK FOR CHECKING POLICE FRISKING VEHICLES VARIOUS OF SECURITY PERSONNEL AT CHECK POINT CHECKING VEHICLES VARIOUS OF ARMED SECURITY PERSONNEL ON GUARD AT CHECK POINT
- Embargoed: 28th August 2021 12:09
- Keywords: Independence Day India Pakistan checking frisking militants security terrorist threat
- Location: GUWAHATI, ASSAM/ JAMMU, SRINAGAR, JAMMU AND KASHMIR/NEW DELHI, INDIA
- City: GUWAHATI, ASSAM/ JAMMU, SRINAGAR, JAMMU AND KASHMIR/NEW DELHI, INDIA
- Country: India
- Topics: Asia / Pacific,Environment,Weather
- Reuters ID: LVA001EQ932HB
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: India stepped up security across the country on Saturday (August 14) ahead of its 75th Independence Day celebrations.
"We are doing tenant verification and servant verification, keeping given the upcoming Independence Day celebration," said Deputy Commissioner of Police, Dwarka, Santosh Kumar Meena.
"We are also checking cyber cafes, call centres, second-hand car dealers, and verifying the existing foreign nationals living here," Meena added.
Security was also upped in border areas of India's northern Jammu and Kashmir territory and northeastern Assam state.
Assam Police in coordination with Railway Protection Force (RPF) took sniffer dogs and scouted passenger bags and parcels at Guwahati Railway Station.
India achieved its independence from the colonial British rule on August 15, 1947, ending more than 200 years of the rule. But celebrations to mark independence are tinged with sadness because they also recall the bloody partition from Pakistan in which hundreds of thousands died. - Copyright Holder: ANI (India)
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