New Delhi: Surinder Singh, an assistant sub inspector with the Delhi police has not gone home for the last five days, he is part of one of the teams that have been carrying out 24 hour surveillance, combing streets, sanitising all religious areas, street vendors, and conducting door to door sanitation drives over the past two months, as the national capital has been turned into a virtual fortress on Independence Day.
Mr Singh told NDTV yesterday, "Security has been beefed up, we carried out surprise checks all night yesterday till 4 in the morning, then came straight to duty... living at the Badarpur police station only for last five days"
Police teams have been going about their duty through foot patrolling, PCR vans, motorcycle patrolling, Quick Response Teams, engaging local Resident Welfare Associations and receiving local inputs on suspects that they shadow.
The station house officer at Badarpur police station, Delhi's border area near Faridabad, Aishwir Singh, says "On the border we have pickets where we check incoming pedestrians and cars. We also check outgoing vehicles. We haven't gone home. The police station is our home. I explain it to my kids"
An impregnable ground-to-air security apparatus is in place at the Red Fort and areas within its five-kilometre radius. Over 150 National Security Guard (NSG) commandos along with SWAT unit and paramilitary forces will be positioned in the radius of 200-metre from the ramparts of the Red Fort, from where Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the nation this morning.
Sky patrols by helicopters, an air defence mechanism, and sharpshooters of the NSG will be placed on all high rise buildings in the area.
500 CCTVs have been installed in and around the Red Fort to keep a close watch on the area. Nearly 6,000 police personnel have been deployed at market places, airport, railway stations, inter-state bus terminals, metro stations and places of strategic importance in the capital.
Mr Singh told NDTV yesterday, "Security has been beefed up, we carried out surprise checks all night yesterday till 4 in the morning, then came straight to duty... living at the Badarpur police station only for last five days"
The station house officer at Badarpur police station, Delhi's border area near Faridabad, Aishwir Singh, says "On the border we have pickets where we check incoming pedestrians and cars. We also check outgoing vehicles. We haven't gone home. The police station is our home. I explain it to my kids"
Advertisement
Sky patrols by helicopters, an air defence mechanism, and sharpshooters of the NSG will be placed on all high rise buildings in the area.
Advertisement
COMMENTS
Advertisement
Doctor Who Saved Man's Life By Performing CPR: "We Are Only God's Representatives'' 10 Additional Delhi, Bombay High Court Judges Made Permanent Delhi Cops Crack Kidney Sale Racket Operating Across 5 States Over 300 Indian Students Return Home As 105 Bangladeshis Die In Protests "Jindal Group Executive Showed Porn, Groped Me On Flight": Woman To NDTV Full Recovery From Global IT Outage Could Take Time: 10 Points India Hints At Roles Of Pakistan, China That Could Undermine Shanghai Bloc Deadly Viper On The Rise: Bangladesh Grapples With Snake Crisis SBI Recruitment 2024: Registration Begins For 1,040 SCO Track Latest News Live on NDTV.com and get news updates from India and around the world.