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4,000 cops to provide foolproof security for city IPL match
The MA Chidambaram stadium at Chepauk, where the first match of the latest edition of IPL is scheduled to take place on Tuesday, will come under a security blanket since a section of protesters demanding the Cauvery Management Board (CMB) had issued veiled threats about disrupting the match.
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According to a senior city police officer, at least 4,000 police personnel will be on duty in and around the Chepauk stadium to make sure that no untoward incident takes place during the match.
Apart from the match venue, hotels on Chamier’s Road and Ethiraj Salai in which the two teams — Chennai Super Kings and Kolkata Knight Riders — are staying, have been also brought under heavy security.
A police press release said that apart from the Additional Commissioner of Police, South, and his two joint commissioners, as many as 13 deputy commissioners, seven additional deputy commissioners, 29 assistant commissioners and 100 inspectors will be part of the 3-tier security system. A commando team and a quick response team will be also deployed to make sure that the match is conducted in a peaceful manner. Traffic-related issues will be handled by the Additional Commissioner of Police, Traffic, and his team, the press release added.
Spectators will be allowed inside the stadium only after strict scrutiny, police said and added that there will be restrictions on taking items inside the stadium.
Sources said police will not even allow black handkerchiefs inside the stadium. “Cellphones, water bottles and battery-supported items as well as placards will not be allowed inside,” police said.
Police teams will be deployed on top of MRTS elevated tracks near the stadium, sources said.
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- Spectators advised not to deposit any of their belongings with any security guard or police personnel at the gate
- Police will not allow black handkerchiefs inside the stadium
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