Tight security arrangements for Thevar Guru Pooja

Tight Security arrangements have been made in view of the forthcoming Pasumpon U Muthuramalinga Thevar Guru Pooja festival on October 30 and the 213th Guru Pooja of Maruthupandiar brothers to be held tomorrow, police said.
The anniversary of Pasumpon Muthuramalinga Thevar, a freedom fighter, would be held at Pasumpon village in Ramanathapuram district while the Guru Pooja of Maruthupandiar brothers, who were the first to oppose the British, would be held at Kalaiyarkovil in Sivaganga district.
With the 144 regulatory order already in force in the districts, police have been deployed in full strength in Madurai, Sivaganga and Ramanathapuram districts to monitor the situation.

Check posts have been installed at more than 30 places in Sivaganga, Ramanathapuram and Madurai districts. Four ADSPs, 11 DSPs and 49 inspectors were overseeing the security arrangements in Sivaganga district and an equal number of police personnel would be on guard in Ramanathapuram district, they said, adding, about 250 sensitive locations have been identified in these districts.
About 3000 police personnel would be on security duty for the Pasumpon Muthuramalinga Thevar's birth anniversary.
Liquor shops would be closed for four days from tomorrow in Madurai district, officials said, adding, hired vehicles would not be allowed and guidelines for celebrating the Guru Pooja would be strictly implemented.