Police cordon off colonies for Ram Charan Tej’s visit

Take extra precaution to prevent untoward incident

July 03, 2013 12:44 pm | Updated 12:44 pm IST - VIJAYAWADA:

Actor Ram Charan Tej arrives at a function hall to attend a private programme in Vijayawada on Tuesday. Photo: V. Raju

Actor Ram Charan Tej arrives at a function hall to attend a private programme in Vijayawada on Tuesday. Photo: V. Raju

Residents of the RTC Colony did not know what hit them early on Tuesday morning. A posse of policemen descended on their Colony at dawn itself. The number of policemen and officers began swelling as the time passed.

The colony residents, hawkers and morning walkers were curious as the policemen drawn from traffic, QRT, rope party and home guards cordoned off the Sai Jewel Convention Centre. The reason: visit of actor Ram Charan Tej. Not less than 100 police turned up there, and the people were taken aback to see rank and file of the police blocking the movement of people on Road No.1 of Teachers Colony. They put up barricades on both ends and stopped movement of vehicles on that road. The junctions in adjacent colonies were manned by constables.

The police scrutinised the movement of people with hawk eyes as if something untoward was bound to happen. Sub-Inspectors and three Circle Inspectors drawn from various police stations including Satynarayanapuram and Patamata supervised the security arrangements. The police on duty, however, could not tell the reasons for his visit to the convention centre. Some said he was attending a private function. Others said an ad film was being made there. There was a wide range of speculations about his stay there.

The police were clueless till what time he would be there. The policemen were given the impression that the actor would stay put there till evening.

“Wonder what happens. We have been here since 7 a.m. Let alone lunch, there are no arrangements for drinking water even,” lamented a constable. The actor avoided media glare and drove straight into the Convention Centre. The police higher-ups deployed the rope party though there was no general public on that road. It was apparently to stop the lens men.

When contacted, Central Zone ACP D.V. Nageswara Rao said that the organisers applied for permission on payment basis. As Mr. Ram Charan was a celebrity the police arranged security to prevent any law and order problem, he said.

0 / 0
Sign in to unlock member-only benefits!
  • Access 10 free stories every month
  • Save stories to read later
  • Access to comment on every story
  • Sign-up/manage your newsletter subscriptions with a single click
  • Get notified by email for early access to discounts & offers on our products
Sign in

Comments

Comments have to be in English, and in full sentences. They cannot be abusive or personal. Please abide by our community guidelines for posting your comments.

We have migrated to a new commenting platform. If you are already a registered user of The Hindu and logged in, you may continue to engage with our articles. If you do not have an account please register and login to post comments. Users can access their older comments by logging into their accounts on Vuukle.