Ahead of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin’s visit to Pasumpon village in Ramanathapuram district on Monday (October 30) to participate in the 116th Muthuramalinga Thevar Jayanthi and the 61st guru puja ceremony, the police have made elaborate security arrangements, deploying 12,000 personnel at vantage locations across many southern districts of the State.
With prohibitory orders (Section 144 under the Code of Criminal Procedure) in place, the police have set up a series of guidelines for visitors. Senior police officers on bandobust duty since Friday said apart from the Inspector General (IG) of Police (South Zone) Narendran Nayar, there are five Deputy Inspector Generals (DIGs) of Police, 25 Superintendents of Police (SPs) and other rank officers on round-the-clock duty.
Director General of Police (DGP) Shankar Jiwal is expected to visit the Pasumpon village on Sunday to oversee the arrangements, the police said, and added that he could accompany Mr. Stalin from Madurai to Ramanathapuram district on Monday. A. Arun, Additional Director General of Police (Law and Order), is camped in Madurai and visited Pasumpon village already.
