Officials says Heavy police deployment as precautionary measure: Shaheen Bagh protest

NEW DELHI : Delhi police made a heavy deployment of security personnel in southeast Delhi's Shaheen Bagh area, where several women have been leading a protest on the road against the new citizenship law for more than two months, as a precautionary measure on Sunday, officials said.

The police deployment has come after a periphery conservative gathering, Hindu Sena, gave a call to clear the Shaheen Bagh street on 1 March. Anyway on Saturday, with the mediation of police, they canceled their proposed challenge the counter CAA disturbance in Shaheen Bagh. 

"The proposed protest call was cancelled with timely intervention. But as a precautionary



measure, we have made heavy police deployment here," Deputy Commissioner of Police (Southeast) R.P. Meena said.

Twelve companies, including two of female forces, have been deployed in Shaheen Bagh, 100 men each from four police districts have also been deployed along with the local police, the official said.

The Hindu Sena said in an announcement police forced them to cancel their dissent on Sunday against the Shaheen Bagh agitation.

Shaheen Bagh, near Jamia Millia Islamia, has been a protest venue for a section of people opposed to the Citizenship Amendment Act and the National Register of Citizens since December 15 last year.