5,000 cops to be deployed across Delhi on Holi

Two thousand and five hundred officials from police districts and equal number from Traffic department will be deployed across the national capital tomorrow to prevent any incident of "hooliganism" during Holi celebrations.
Quick Response Teams (QRTs) have also been deployed at strategic points to deal with any untoward incident, DCP (Crime) Rajan Bhagat said.
"Officers up to the rank of Deputy Commissioner have been instructed to conduct patrolling throughout the day and ensure that no hooliganism takes place, with heightened vigil on instances of harassment of women on the pretext of celebrations," a senior police official said.
The PCR wing is also on its toes to take distress calls throughout the day.

The police issued an advisory today, warning Delhiites against causing harassment by throwing water balloons on people, forcing them to indulge in the revelries, drunken driving and causing any kind of nuisance in any public space.
Officials out on Holi arrangement will be divided into groups of anything between 4 and 10 and deployed at barricades across the city. Each group will have a mix of local police and traffic officials.

Yesterday, security was stepped up in the national capital hours after a series of explosions ripped through the Brussels airport and a metro station in the Belgian capital, killing at least 35 people and injuring more than 200.

Delhi Police ramped up security at railway stations, bus terminuses, the airport, popular markets and places around vital installations here.
Later, panic gripped passengers at the IGI airport after the Jet Airways call centre received threats about bombs on five of its aircraft.
Earlier today, an IndiGo flight from Srinagar received a bomb threat soon after landing at IGI Airport, following which the aircraft was taken to isolation bay and passengers deplaned safely.
Delhi Police's counter-terrorism unit and Crime Branch have been put into loop and instructed to heighten their vigil during Holi.