Heavy police bandobast in Madurai, Coimbatore for President visit

A 1500-strong contingent of police will provide security to the visit of the President of India, Draupadi Murmu in Madurai on February 18th and Coimbatore on February 19th.

Chennai, Feb 16 (BPNS)

A 1500-strong contingent of police will provide security to the visit of the President of India, Draupadi Murmu in Madurai on February 18^th and Coimbatore on February 19^th.

The Special Protection Group (SPG) of the President have already conducted one round of inspection at the Madurai Meenakshi Sundaranar temple and at the Isha Yoga centre in Coimbatore.

President will arrive at Madurai airport on February 18^th and will visit the Madurai Meenakshi Sundareswar temple on the same day. She will offer her prayers at the temple.

The President will leave for Coimbatore on the same day from Madurai airport and will attend the Mahasivaratri celebrations at the Isha Yoga centre in Coimbatore. The SPG has conducted a thorough inspection at the Coimbatore airport and at the Isha Yoga centre before the visit of the President.

During the visit of the President at Madurai Meenakshi temple, police will cordon off the temple and devotees will not be allowed to enter the temple at the time of the darshan of the president.

Madurai City police commissioner Narendranath Nair will be in charge of the security of the President at Madurai while in Coimbatore city police commissioner, V. Balakrishnan will take charge of the security of the President.

The central intelligence agencies have also given inputs to the Union home ministry regarding the visit of the President at Madurai and Coimbatore.