Rohit Sharma-led India have won the first Test match against Bangladesh which was played at MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai and now the Men in Blue will play the second (final) Test against Bangladesh which is scheduled to take place at Green Park Stadium in Kanpur. The second Test match between India and Bangladesh will start from September 27 to October 1. However, there were threats from Akhilesh Bhartiya Hindu Mahasabha to allegedly organising a 'havan' by obstructing the road before the stadium to protest against atrocities on Hindus in Bangladesh.
Kanpur Police have filed an FIR against 20 members of the Akhilesh Bhartiya Hindu Mahasabha for allegedly obstructing the road before the stadium.
Police said a "fool-proof" security plan has been chalked out for India and Bangladesh cricket teams which are supposed to arrive here by Tuesday evening.
Kanpur’s Additional Commissioner of Police (Law and Order) Harish Chander told PTI they have sought adequate police force, including senior rank officials, to be deployed for the match.
“We are reviewing the security arrangements to leave no stone unturned and (are) confident of getting an adequate police force to meet the requirements,” he added.
The officer said they were coordinating with the central and state agencies, including the Intelligence Bureau (IB) and the state Intelligence to share inputs regarding threats, if any, to deal with it deftly.
The Green Park stadium and Hotel Landmark have been divided into sectors, zones and sub-zones, and its reign has been given to DCP, additional DCP and ACP rank officials, respectively, said DCP (East) Shrawan Kumar Singh, who has been made the nodal officer of the entire event.
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Traffic diversions have also been imposed ahead of the match.
Those named in the FIR included Rakesh Mishra, Vikas, Atul, Jaydeep, Vikas Gupta, Prashant Dheer, Ajay Rathore, Ashish, Brajesh and about 10 others unidentified.
The FIR has been lodged under BNS sections of 189(2) (unlawful assembly), 191 (2) (rioting), 223 (disobeying an order promulgated by a public servant), and 285 (obstruction or injury to any person in any public way), he said.
with PTI inputs
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