The police have tightened security in the communally-sensitive areas of the district as part of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh’s (RSS) maiden revenue district conclave to be held here on Sunday.
Additional police forces requisitioned from Thrissur, Malappuram, Kozhikode, and Kannur districts would join the local police to maintain law and order in and around the town, a senior police official said.
As many as 25,000 RSS volunteers, along with 10,000 odd women activist, would take part in the conclave, the first of its kind in the State, on the Government College premises at Vidyanagar locality. The volunteers, in their traditional dress, would take part in a procession that begins at 3 p.m. from four localities around the town and reach the venue of a public meeting, an RSS office-bearer said in a statement here on Saturday.
Senior RSS leaders from the State and neighbouring Mangalore would address the function scheduled at 4.45 p.m.
