The Delhi police has asked the traffic police and civil defence personnel to check motorcyclists and keep a vigil on crowded places till Dussehra. The traffic police will carry out checking of motorcycles while the civil defence personnel will be asked to remain alert at crowded places like shopping malls and markets.
Their help would also be taken for tenant verification.
Since Thursday, a day after the bomb blast outside the Delhi high court, traffic personnel have been asked to conduct checking of motorcycles.
“The officials will have to check the motorcycle papers as well as the baggage of the passenger. A traffic policeman posted near a bus stand will have to keep an eye on commuters and will have to check the bus to ensure that no unattended baggage is lying behind,” a senior police official said.
According to Delhi police statistics, a total of 7,308 motorcycles were checked since September 8, the day of the high court blast.
The emphasis is not on imposing fines, the official said, adding that the personnel were being used as force multiplier.
“Till Dusshera, we have to be on high alert. We will be conducting extra searches. People may get inconvenienced. But we have to stay alert,” the official said.