NEW DELHI: A special task force of the Uttar Pradesh police will be fully in charge of security of the Ram temple complex coming up at Ayodhya, taking over from CRPF that has been protecting the site on the directions of the Supreme Court.
A senior government functionary said since CRPF was deployed at the Ram Janambhoomi site as per the orders of the Supreme Court following the demolition of the Babri structure in 1992 and that with January 22 set as the date for ‘pran pratishtha’ , or consecration ceremony of the Ram Lalla idol, the UP Special Security Force (SSF) will start providing comprehensive security cover at the temple.
CRPF has been providing perimeter security at the Ramjanambhoomi site. It is expected to be deployed until the pran-pratishtha, guarding the temple complex along with PAC and SSF. However, the UP forces are by now adequately trained and equipped to handle all the security duties, including access control, frisking and perimeter security at the newly-constructed temple complex. .
The CRPF had in July 2005 thwarted a terrorist strike at Ramjanamabhoomi site by neutralising five terrorists.
The Supreme Court, in 2019, delivered a historic verdict settling a temple-mosque dispute that went over a century back. The court backed the construction of the Ram temple at the disputed site, and ruled that an alternative five-acre plot must be found for building a mosque.
A senior government functionary said since CRPF was deployed at the Ram Janambhoomi site as per the orders of the Supreme Court following the demolition of the Babri structure in 1992 and that with January 22 set as the date for ‘pran pratishtha’ , or consecration ceremony of the Ram Lalla idol, the UP Special Security Force (SSF) will start providing comprehensive security cover at the temple.
CRPF has been providing perimeter security at the Ramjanambhoomi site. It is expected to be deployed until the pran-pratishtha, guarding the temple complex along with PAC and SSF. However, the UP forces are by now adequately trained and equipped to handle all the security duties, including access control, frisking and perimeter security at the newly-constructed temple complex. .
The CRPF had in July 2005 thwarted a terrorist strike at Ramjanamabhoomi site by neutralising five terrorists.
The Supreme Court, in 2019, delivered a historic verdict settling a temple-mosque dispute that went over a century back. The court backed the construction of the Ram temple at the disputed site, and ruled that an alternative five-acre plot must be found for building a mosque.
