Overview

• Kolkata Police have stationed armed personnel at 13 high-value puja sites, assigning two rifle-armed constables at 11 locations and imposing tighter measures at two others.
• Targeted deployments include two officers with service pistols plus two rifle-armed constables at Muchipara, while Beniapukur has two rifle-armed policemen dedicated to protecting the ornaments and controlling proximity to the idols.
• CCTV coverage at these venues is being monitored from Lalbazar, with officers also managing crowd distance from the displays.
• Statewide in West Bengal, 10,000–15,000 police have been deployed across 33 districts for festival safety, according to police officials.
• In the twin cities of Bhubaneswar and Cuttack, authorities detailed large platoon deployments with drones, AI-enabled cameras, plainclothes teams, an STU and bomb squad, with operations shifting toward traffic and immersion-day management after the main puja days.