Elaborate security arrangements will be made for Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and his team of ministers who will visit various constituencies in Kozhikode as part of the Nava Kerala Sadass scheduled to commence in the district on November 24. The District Police Chiefs of Kozhikode City and Kozhikode Rural will directly monitor security measures in the 12 Assembly constituencies in the district on the instructions of Inspector General of Police (North Zone) K. Sethu Raman.
“We are not allowed to disclose the special security arrangements being made to support the event, but there will be intensified surveillance measures at all selected venues,” said District Police Chief (Kozhikode City) Rajpal Meena. He added that the required strength of personnel and other details would be finalised soon.
It is the recent series of encounters with Maoist activists in Wayanad and Kannur that prompted the police to go for heightened security arrangements for the Nava Kerala Sadass. A recent threat received by the Kozhikode District Collector in the name of Maoists also is being taken up seriously. Multiple rounds of security audit have been completed, covering various Assembly constituencies, especially those in rural Kozhikode.
