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Delhi Tightens Festive Security With 20,000-Plus Personnel After Citywide Night Patrol

Officials outline a layered festive-security plan featuring surveillance upgrades, quick-reaction units, traffic restrictions, senior oversight.

Overview

  • Police reported a four-hour 'General Gasht' across all 15 districts with roughly 12,000 personnel from midnight to 4 a.m.
  • The drive produced 23,537 vehicle checks, actions in 17,105 instances under the DP Act and BNSS, 128 arrests of history-sheeters, and 698 legal actions under various laws.
  • Citywide deployment now exceeds 20,000 police and paramilitary personnel at markets, temples, malls, and other crowded locations.
  • CCTV coverage, dog squads, anti-drone measures, emergency medical and fire teams, quick reaction teams, SWAT commandos, and plainclothes staff are in place.
  • Commissioner Satish Golcha and senior officers inspected pickets and borders including ITO, Shakarpur, Ghazipur, Hazrat Nizamuddin, with temporary barricades and checks extended to entry points from Haryana and Uttar Pradesh as citizens were urged to report suspicious activity.