Agra: National Security Guard commandos, Special Task Force personnel from Gujarat and more than 1,000 UP policemen Wednesday turned the Kothi Meena Bazar ground here into a fortress.
Security was beefed up for Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi's "Vijay Shankhnaad" rally Today.
While metal detectors were installed at the entrance gates, parking slots were earmarked several kilometres away from the venue.
"After the Patna bomb blasts (Oct 27), the district administration is not taking any chance and has beefed up security apparatus," an official told IANS.
"Watch towers, special slot for OB vans, a guarded press box, a huge stage and the ground decked up with hoardings and flags are in place. More than a lak people should turn up," activist Shravan Kumar Singh said.
