Bokaro is Celebrating Diwali
Dazzling Chinese bulbs, firecrackers and designer idols have flooded the market. So have the men in uniform.
Bokaro is celebrating Diwali no doubt, but under the shadow of the gun. With the Maoist threat looming large, the new superintendent of police (SP), Saket Singh, has beefed up security across the district to ensure that the festival passes off without any untoward incident.
Four battalions of personnel, including four dozen women personnel armed with sophisticated guns, are keeping a watch on jewellery shops, markets and religious places in Bokaro and Chas — the two main commercial centres of the district.
Paramilitary forces, including the Central Reserve Police Force, Central Industrial Security Force and Jharkhand Armed Police, have been put on alert at Naxalite strongholds such as Gomia, Nawadih, Petarwar and Kasmar in Bermo sub-division.
More than 100 pandals will be set up in the district, some of them in the rebel zones.
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