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India firm on ensuring a peaceful torch relay

NEW DELHI: With the Beijing Olympic torch relay having been temporarily disrupted by protesters in London and Paris, India is not taking any chances. It is making foolproof security arrangements to ensure that the relay passes through peacefully when it reaches the capital on April 17.

All arrangements will be made for the security of the Olympic torch, Union Home Secretary Madhukar Gupta told reporters here on Monday.

He said agencies concerned were seized of the matter and they would do the needful.

The Home Ministry, which had reviewed the security of Olympic torch relay last week, is likely to undertake a similar exercise before the event in a short-stretch on Rajpath.

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