Lucknow, March 13
Devotees will now have to pass beneath door-frame metal detectors and put up with frisking by policemen with a hand-held detector as a new security regimen comes into force at the Sankat Mochan temple in Varanasi, informed police sources.
As part of heightened security at the temple, which came into effect last night, a permanent picket has been set up outside the premises which would have 30 policemen, including two Inspectors.
The district police and the railway authorities in Varanasi have begun putting in place enhanced security arrangements in and around the Sankat Mochan temple and the cantonment station in the wake of bomb blasts at both places last week.
A bunker has been constructed on the Durgakund-Lanka road near the temple.
