Commissioner Gauba told ANI that the police will be using underwater drones to monitor any kind of security intervention and meet disaster management needs.
The Maha Kumbh held once every 12 years, is scheduled to begin on January 13 in Prayagraj and conclude on February 26. The main bathing rituals, known as the Shahi Snan (royal baths), will take place on January 14 (Makar Sankranti), January 29 (Mauni Amavasya), and February 3 (Basant Pancha
The Uttar Pradesh Police has decided to digitally record the attendance of their officers at the Maha Kumbh 2025 while paving the idea of 'Digital Kumbh.'
Ahead of the Mahakumbh Mela, Prayagraj Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Rajesh Dwivedi said that full arrangements have been made for the devotees attending the Mela.
Uttar Pradesh police squads on Saturday conducted a mock drill at various sites of the Maha Kumbh Mela Nagar, with UP DGP Prashant Kumar personally inspecting the ongoing preparations for the massive religious gathering.
A sub-inspector in the Uttar Pradesh police, Pradeep Kumar, has been killed in a road accident. The victim was riding a motorbike and was moving towards NH 24 from the Anand Vihar ISBT side when he met with an accident and died on the spot, said officials.
The Uttar Pradesh Police on Thursday arrested another accused in connection with the violent incidents of stone pelting, burning of a police bike, and looting of magazines and cartridges of a police pistol that took place on November 24, 2024, near the Jama Masjid area of Sambhal district.
The Uttar Pradesh police have arrested 50 people in connection with the violence near the Jama Masjid area in Sambhal district on November 24, officials said.
Sambhal Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Shrish Chandra on Monday said that the construction work of the police post near Jama Masjid in Sambhal is being done at a fast pace and will be ready in a few days
Work is currently underway to build a police post in the vacant ground near Jama Masjid in Uttar Pradesh's Sambhal in the wake of violence that erupted last month during an Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) examination of a Mughal-era mosque, resulting in four fatalities and multiple inju