H’bag, Ramgarh dists appeal people to celebrate Eid indoors

Hazaraibag/Ramgarh: The district administration of

Hazaribag

and

Ramgarh

on Saturday requested people to celebrate Eid by staying indoors and deployed additional forces in select pockets of the districts to deter overcrowding. The move came after Hazaribag recorded a total of 40 cases of Covid-19 while Ramgarh posted six, including a 12-year-old girl.

On Saturday, Hazaribag DC Bhuvanesh Pratap Singh and SP Karthik S took to the streets to inspect security arrangements and appealed to the people to stay indoors and celebrate Eid.

Kartik said, “We have pressed in additional forces by drawing personnel from RAF, district police and others in sensitive areas to ensure that the lockdown is not violated and to ensure a peaceful Eid.”

Singh said, “We appeal people to celebrate Eid by staying indoors in view of a spike in Covid-19 cases in the district, mostly because of the influx of migrants. We are trying our best to ensure that every migrant is scanned properly to prevent any infection.”

Singh added, “We have identified 40 people who returned to the district, but didn’t inform the authorities. We are trying to trace them for their medical check-up.”

In Ramgarh district, deputy commissioner Sandeep Singh and SP Prabhat Kumar issued a joint order asking people to refrain from crowding at mosques for namaz. Officials said additional security forces will be deployed soon across the district to ensure a peaceful Eid.

Talking to TOI, Kumar said, “Additional security forces are being deployed in sensitive places in the wake of protests in other parts of the state. We have conveyed the government’s orders to all religious outfits and imams of mosques and asked them to avoid gatherings. All police stations have been directed to keep a close vigil during Eid. Prominent personalities of the Muslim community in Ramgarh have assured cooperation.”