September 29, 2010 8:59 PM

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Ayodhya title suit verdict: Security intensified across several states

Security has been stepped up across several states on the eve of the verdict on the Ayodhya title suit. Leaves of Police personnel have been cancelled and security tightened in all sensitive areas. Four companies of Rapid Action Force have been deployed in Hyderabad. DGP K Aravinda Rao said about 40 to 50 towns have been identified as sensitive and all precautions have been taken to maintain communal harmony there.In Kerala, over 30,000 police personnel including rapid action,anti-sabotage and strike forces and bomb squad would be deployed from midnight tonight across the state.Prohibitory orders have already been issued for the next two days in Kozhikode, Kannur and Alappuzha districts. Maharashtra government has taken extra security measures to tackle any adverse situation. Security has been stepped up, and closed circuit television cameras have been set up outside the RSS headquarters in Nagpur. Adequate security has been mounted outside important places of worship in Mumbai and suburbs of the city. Police will remain on high alert in some sensitive cities and towns of the state like Aurangabad, Nashik, Malegaon and Bhiwandi.In Madhya Pradesh, additional police forces havbeen deployed in major towns and CCTV cameras have been placed at sensitive places to keep vigil.High Alert is sounded in Karnataka in the event of Ayodhya verdict tomorrow. Prohibitory order under section 144 till October 2 midnight is clamped. Schools and Colleges will remain closed tomorrow and day after. More than 50,000 civil police, 200 platoons of Karnataka Reserve Police and 12000 Home Guards will be deployed from tomorrow morning till the day of Gandhi Jayanthi on October 2nd.In Tamil Nadu, prohibitory orders have been promulgated and processions, public meeetings have been banned throrought the state. Eight places in the state including coimbatore, Tirupur, vellore, hosur, TirUchy have been identified as sensitive areas.

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