Chandigarh: To cope with contingencies during the forthcoming sessions of the Punjab and Haryana legislative assemblies, the Chandigarh police today carried out a demonstration on riot and crowd control. The Home Guards volunteers and trainees of Recruitment Training Centre, Sector 26, participated in the demonstration.
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Police officials stop a mob during a demonstration at the Recruitment Training Centre, Sector 26, in Chandigarh on Sunday.)%>
UT SSP S.S. Srivastva was present on the occasion along with other senior officials, including the station house officers of all police stations in the city. In all 450 police personnel took part in the event. The SSP issued guidelines to the demonstrators for better handling of emergency situations.
All arrangements required for crowd and mob control, including fire brigade, ambulance, mounted staff and water canons were part of the demonstration.
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