ATTOCK:The district administration has finalized a foolproof security plan to maintain law and order during Ashura processions while troops would be on standby to cope with any untoward incident.
These views were expressed by Deputy Commissioner Attock Rao Atif Raza while talking to media on security arrangements for the traditional route procession of the first Muharram at the Cantonment area on Thursday.
He said 28 Muharram processions, out of a total 145, were also declared high sensitive and placed at category “A”, 25 processions placed at category “B” were declared less sensitive while 92 placed at category “C”.
DC said that out of 745 majalis in the district, 181 are placed in category ‘A’ with high sensitivity, 30 in ‘B’ and 544 are in category ‘C’. Responding to a question, Mr Rao has said that across the Attock district 754 majalis which include 66 in Attock, 70 in Hasanabdal, 173 in Fatehjang, 325 in Pindigheb and 120 in Jand are scheduled while 145 Zuljanah processions include 29 licensed and 116 traditional processions will be taken out.
He said that over 2500 policemen would be deployed to ensure the safety and security of procession and majalis, among them would be 5 DSPs, 10 SHOs, 180 Sub Inspectors, ASIs, 119 head constables, 1100 constables, 20 lady constables, elite force and more than 640 volunteers would ensure the security of the processions.
He added that organizers have been asked to deploy volunteers at the entry points of majlis and processions to ensure search through metal detectors and walkthrough gates.
He said that Police and other law enforcement agencies would keep a check on the movement of religious extremists, proclaimed offenders and outlaws.