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Police caution revellers

Staff Reporter

Coimbatore: The city police have cautioned the public to refrain from indulging in revelry on the roads in the name of New Year celebrations.

The city will be brought under a tight security blanket from December 31 evening. There will be visible policing on the roads besides pickets near the places of worship. A large number of women police personnel will be deployed in and around the places of worship to prevent crime against women.

City Police Commissioner C.K. Gandhi Rajan said an elaborate bandobust scheme had been drawn up deploying close to 2,500 police personnel on all arterial roads, near hotels and clubs hosting parties for the New Year. The arrangements would be under the supervision of Deputy Commissioner of Police (Law and Order) K. Shanmugavel.

The objective would be to prevent incidents of drunken brawls, eve teasing, chain snatching, public nuisance and accidents resulting out of drunken driving.

"The well-planned implementation of bandobust scheme on Sunday night (December 24) for the Christmas eve resulted in the city not witnessing even a single occurrence of untoward incident," he added.

The same scheme would be improved further with mobile patrols, armed pickets and vehicle checks for the New Year eve.

Prior permission

No celebrations without prior permission would be permitted. Similarly, serving liquor without valid permit would be dealt with in a severe manner.

In the event of the celebrations turning out to be violent, the owner of the premises and the organiser would be held accountable.

Youngsters resorting to rash driving and speeding in a drunken state would not go scot-free. Similarly, teasing people in the name of greeting them by hooting would be viewed seriously.

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