An FIR was filed against 20 members of the Akhilesh Bhartiya Hindu Mahasabha for allegedly organising a 'havan' by obstructing the road outside the International Green Park stadium, Kanpur ahead of the India-Bangladesh second Test match scheduled from September 27. The havan was organised to protest against atrocities on Hindus in Bangladesh.
Elaborate security arrangements were made for the India-Bangladesh Test match, following the protest by the Hindu organisation.
ACP Harish Chander said a "fool-proof" security plan has been chalked out for India and Bangladesh cricket teams. Traffic diversions have also been imposed ahead of the match, he added.
Kanpur’s Additional Commissioner of Police (Law and Order) Harish Chander said they have sought adequate police force, including senior rank officials, to be deployed for the match.
“We are reviewing the security arrangements to leave no stone unturned and (are) confident of getting an adequate police force to meet the requirements,” the official said.
The officer said they were coordinating with the central and state agencies, including the Intelligence Bureau (IB) and the state Intelligence to share inputs regarding threats, if any, to deal with it deftly.
The Green Park stadium and Hotel Landmark have been divided into sectors, zones and sub-zones, and its reign has been given to DCP, additional DCP and ACP rank officials, respectively, said DCP (East) Shrawan Kumar Singh, who has been made the nodal officer of the entire event.
Those named in the FIR included Rakesh Mishra, Vikas, Atul, Jaydeep, Vikas Gupta, Prashant Dheer, Ajay Rathore, Ashish, Brajesh and about 10 others unidentified.
The FIR has been lodged under BNS sections of 189(2) (unlawful assembly), 191 (2) (rioting), 223 (disobeying an order promulgated by a public servant), and 285 (obstruction or injury to any person in any public way), he said.
(With PTI inputs)
