Srinagar, Jun 11 (KNS): Forces were Saturday deployed in Beerwah town of Budgam district to thwart the proposed ‘Abhinav Gupt Yatra’ to a cave by a New Delhi-based organization, reports said.
Reports said that a heavy contingent of police and paramilitary CRPF were deployed on all the entry and exit points in the town with erecting concertina wires on roads.
Nontheless, Deputy Commissioner, Mir Altaf Ahmad told KNS that no restrictions were imposed in Beerwah town and the day remained peaceful without any untoward incident.
“Police and Paramilitary were deployed as routine.Click Here To Follow Our WhatsApp ChannelThere was no addition in the forces deployed on roads in the town,” he said, adding that neither any one approached me nor entered into Beerwah for yatra purpose.
Pertinently, a New Delhi-based organisation, Acharya Abhinav Gupt Samaroh Samiti, had announced the yatra to the cave in Beerwah, for the first time, in the second week of June.
The government spokesman and education minister Naeem Akhtar had said, “No such yatra will be allowed. This has been made clear already by Chief Minister and Deputy Chief Minster.” (KNS)