IITF: Pragati Maidan Metro stn sees zero incident during event

The Pragati Maidan Metro Station, which is the one closest to the India International Trade Fair venue in central Delhi, saw no cases of crime or any untoward incidents this time with officials saying they had taken extraordinary steps to ensure full security.
No incidents of theft or pick-pocketing were reported during the 14-days of the event, which witnesses a huge footfall.
"During the 14 days (of IITF-2014), more than 10,00,000 visitors used the Metro system (at Pragati Maidan).
"Only one minor incident was reported this year whereas, during 2013, three incidents of pick-pocketing and four of bag lifting had taken place," CISF spokesperson Hemendra Singh said a day after the event came to an end in the national capital.

Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) is the designated security force for guarding Delhi Metro.
Talking about the one minor incident this time, Singh said it related to a woman misplacing her bag although no case was registered in the matter as it was subsequently restored to its owner.

"On November 23, which was a Sunday, more than 1,60,000 people visited the station and only a minor incident was reported in which a woman misplaced her bag. The situation could not be sorted for some time as there was a delay in conveying the message to our personnel," he said.
CISF had made extraordinary arrangements at this station for the smooth movement of passengers and trade fair visitors, installing a dozen door-frame metal detectors, six X-ray baggage machines and additional CCTV cameras.

It also set up two special control rooms and deployed additional men and women personnel in civilian clothes among the crowd at the station along with additional quick reaction teams and sniffer dog squads.
The annual trade fair was held this time between November 14-27.
Delhi Police had yesterday said they registered 165 FIRs at the venue during this year's IITF under various cognisable sections of IPC, which marks a more than five-fold increase over last year's edition.
Among the cases booked was one of molestation in which a 50-year-old man was arrested from inside a pavilion on Monday.