Cops intensify vigil in pilgrim town

Cops intensify vigil in pilgrim town
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Intensifying their vigil, police made extensive searches and inspections in the pilgrim town on Sunday. Notably, senior officials, including Anantapur Range DIG Satyanarayana, Tirupati Urban Superintendent of Police Gopinath Jatti, led the inspection

Tirupati: Intensifying their vigil, police made extensive searches and inspections in the pilgrim town on Sunday. Notably, senior officials, including Anantapur Range DIG Satyanarayana, Tirupati Urban Superintendent of Police Gopinath Jatti, led the inspection from the front at several places. Police led by the two senior officials conducted a cordon and search in the sprawling down town areas of Jeevakona and Satayanarayana puram where police made a house-to-house search, verifying the identity of the residents which went on for several hours in the morning.

Earlier, the two officials, along with a posse of police personnel, inspected various localities in the town from 1 am to 3 am, and again they started from 7 am onwards after taking a break for four hours. The inspection by the officials continued covering various busy and crowded areas like RTC bus station, Railway station etc till 7 pm on Sunday.

night also. At railway station, much to their dismay, the official found the luggage scanner at the entrance remaining non-functional. Police, including SP, during their intense inspection in the railway station, verified the identity cards of many and questioned several to know their antecedent and purpose of visit.

Sources said that the police urged the security personnel in the police station to pull up their socks to ensure round-the-clock vigil in the railway station keeping in view the movement of a large number of people in the local area where thousands of pilgrims daily arrive from various places in the country.

Unconfirmed report said that a person on seeing the police inspection hurriedly left, stirring rumours about the movement of a suspected person in the area.

It may be noted that the intensified police vigil and surveillance would continue in Tirupati and also Tirumala till the completion of the important events, including the nine day annual Karthika Brahmotsavam of Sri Padmavthi Ammavaru, Tiruchanur and also Vaikunta Ekadasi and Dwadasi in Tirumala temple which attract multitude of devotees from all over the country.

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