All holidays and weekly offs of police personnel have also been cancelled for New Year's eve and security has been beefed up outside major railway stations
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Mumbai Police has issued a high alert after receiving information that Khalistani elements could carry out a terrorist attack in the city on New Year's eve. All holidays and weekly offs of police personnel have been cancelled for tomorrow (December 31) and every police official posted in Mumbai will be on duty.
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All police holidays & weekly holidays have been cancelled tomorrow and every policeman posted in Mumbai will be on duty. Information was received that Khalistani elements could carry out terrorist attacks in the city, after which the Mumbai Police has been on alert: Mumbai Police
— ANI (@ANI) December 30, 2021
As per the news agency ANI, Quaiser Khalid, Commissioner of Police, Mumbai Railway, has said that tight security will be deployed and more than 3,000 railway officers will be present at major stations in the wake of the alert.
In view of the alert in Mumbai, tight security has been deployed at the major stations of Mumbai, Dadar, Bandra Churchgate, CSMT, Kurla and other stations. Tomorrow more than 3000 railway officers will be deployed: Quaiser Khalid, Commissioner of Police, Mumbai Railway
— ANI (@ANI) December 30, 2021
In view of the covid 19 situation we advise people to adhere to government directions on the issue. We @grpmumbai have deployed large manpower for checking, frisking & anti-sabotage measures at important Rly Stn. We will enforce laws firmly. We request people’s cooperation.
— Quaiser Khalid IPS कैसर खालिद قیصر خالد (@quaiser_khalid) December 30, 2021
Meanwhile, the Maharashtra government has already imposed Section 144 in Mumbai ahead of New Year celebrations in the wake of rising Covid-19 cases of Omicron variant.
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