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Police heartburn gets Sunburn off to delayed start
TNN, Dec 28, 2010, 04.10am IST
PANAJI: The sunburn festival got off to a delayed start on Monday as
police allowed the organizers to begin the party only after they were
satisfied that most of the conditions imposed by the state home
department had been met by the organizers.
Police inspected the festival venue at Candolim to check that the
conditions, including setting up of two police control rooms at the
venue, had been met. "North Goa district officers, as well as officers
of crime branch and anti-narcotics Cell (ANC) visited the venue and
checked out the arrangements. The organizers had adhered to most of the
conditions laid down by the government and things appeared to be in
order. There were only 38 CCTVs in place at the venue in the afternoon,
but they have promised to install another 12 by evening," a police
official who was part of the inspection team said.
Also, 200 policemen from the North district have been posted inside the
venue. "Of the 200 policemen inside the venue, 50% are armed personnel.
We are not willing to take any chances with security," sources said.
While granting approval for the festival, the home department insisted
that only 2,000 people at a time be allowed entry to the venue and 200
cops in uniform be posted within. Also the venue has been declared a 'no
smoking zone'. Anyone wanting to light a cigarette would have to do so
at a special smoking lounge at the venue which would be continuously
monitored by the police.
The permission granted on December 23 is signed by under secretary home,
G P Dangui with directions to the DGP to ensure necessary security
arrangements and that law and order is maintained.
Authorities want to ensure there is no sale of drugs at the venue as the
department was targeted last year after Meha Bahuguna, 23, of Bangalore,
who was last seen partying at the festival, allegedly died of a drug
overdose after consuming angel dust, a hallucinogenic drug. Also in the
wake of intelligence inputs on suspected terrorist activity in the West
coast during the Christmas and New Year season, following which the
police have been put on alert, the state authorities are not willing to
take any chances. So far 85 cases are booked under smoking and spitting
at Sunburn festival.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Police-heartburn-gets-Sunburn-off-to-delayed-start/articleshow/7174959.cms
