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Commandos to protect chariots during Ahmedabad Rathyatra

Commandos would protect the chariots and bomb disposal squads keep a tight vigil as security forces threw a massive security cover to ensure that the Jagannath Rathyatra in Ahmedabad on Friday passes off peacefully.

Over 5,000 policemen and 80 companies of State Reserve Police, Central Reserve Police Force, Rapid Action Force and Border Security Force would be deployed along the 35-km route of the yatra that will criss-cross through some of the sensitive localities of the Gujarat capital.

"It is not that we have covered the Rathyatra route only, but we have also covered sufficiently the areas along the route, the sensitive areas particularly," Ahmedabad Police Commissioner K R Kaushik said.

The security apparatus dealing with the yatra comprises one Inspector General, six Deputy Inspector Generals, 25 superintendents, 55 deputy superintendents, 180 inspectors and 750 sub-inspectors.

Police sources said after a review of the security drill on Wednesday that the chariots of Jagannath, Balram and Subadhra deities would be protected by commandos through the entire route of the yatram, which will commence at 7 am from Jamalpur.

Bomb disposal squad will sanitise the entire 35-km route and sniffer dogs pressed into service before the commencement of Rathyatra.

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