UP DGP orders strict ban on new Muharram routes, weapon display

LUCKNOW: Uttar Pradesh Director General of Police (DGP) Rajeev Krishna on Thursday directed all police units in the state to deny permission for new Muharram processional routes or religious practices, and strictly enforce a ban on the display of weapons during processions.

The top police official also ordered preventive action against anti-social and communal elements and round-the-clock social media monitoring in the run-up to Muharram, which will be observed from June 27 to July 6.

In a detailed directive issued to all zonal additional director generals of police, commissioners of police, range inspector generals and deputy inspector generals, and district senior superintendents of police and superintendents of police, DGP Krishna laid out a comprehensive strategy to maintain law and order and communal harmony during the period, according to an official statement.