A total of 4,500 police personnel - under the supervision of the Superintendents of Police (SPs) from Vellore, Ranipet, Tirupattur, and Tiruvannamalai districts - will be deployed as part of security arrangements for the scheduled visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Vellore town on Wednesday (April 10).
The Prime Minister will address a public meeting at Vellore Fort to garner votes for the NDA candidates of Vellore, Arakkonam, Arani, and Tiruvannamalai constituencies. Senior BJP leaders are expected to participate in the public meeting.
N. Manivannan, SP (Vellore), told The Hindu that adequate security measures have been put in place ahead of the Prime Minister’s visit to the fort town. The Prime Minister will fly from Chennai to the under-construction airport on the Chennai-Bengaluru Highway (NH44) on the outskirts of Vellore town. He will proceed to the town, around 30 km from the airport, by road.