Kutch gears up for Clinton's visit Wednesday, April 4, 2001
BHUJ: Anti-sabotage teams and the Bomb Disposal Squad (BDS) accompanied by State Reserve Police (SRP) personnel have swarmed the sensitive border district ahead of former US president Clinton's whistle-stop visit here on Wednesday.
Several battalions of SRP and border wing home guards have been deployed all along Bhuj, Ratwal, a village devastated in the killer quake of January 26 and Anjar, which figure on Clinton's itinerary.
The district police have also requisitioned BDS and anti-sabotage teams besides the state-of-the-art security equipment including mine detectors from other parts of the state and central agencies to meet any eventuality, DGP border range A K Singh told PTI.
A large number of ISI agents have been nabbed and huge quantity of RDX and other explosives and weapons have been seized in the region in the last two years.
He said while Clinton's personal security would be looked after by US security services, the peripheral cover would be provided by local police.
Police sources said as per protocol, Clinton comes under the "distinguished foreign visitor" or "y" category, but he is being provided with "z" plus security cover.
"There is only a general threat perception, but we are taking no chances," Singh said.
Nevertheless, police are keeping a strict vigil on mischievous elements, he said.
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