more-inMumbai: The city police are on high alert and have tightened security ahead of Independence Day on Tuesday, which coincides with dahi handi celebrations this year. “In view of Independence Day and Dahi Handi, we are deploying enough forces to maintain law and order,” DCP Rashmi Karandikar, spokesperson, Mumbai Police, said. The large crowds that dahi handi celebrations attract would pose an additional challenge for the police, who would already be dealing with Independence Day security. A senior officer said though the usual glamour associated with the festival appears to have reduced, police will keep a tight vigil and deploy plainclothes personnel for monitoring crowds, another officer added. “Places with high footfall are always targets of choice for terror strikes as an attack in such a place ensures maximum loss of life and limb,” a senior officer said.

Source: The Hindu August 14, 2017 18:33 UTC