In view of New Year and Christmas celebrations, the Ministry of Home Affairs issued a country-wide advisory to all states to maintain utmost vigil to prevent any untoward incident. Also, state governments have been advised to take measures to ensure peace, including crowd control and maintenance of Law and order.
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh said an advisory has been issued to all states to ensure law and order during Christmas in the wake of fringe elements recently threatening some Christian community members against celebrating the festival.
A fringe group in Uttar Pradeshs Aligarh had on December 17 issued a circular and threatened the management of all city schools against celebrating Christmas saying, if they did so, it would be "at their own risk".
(With agency inputs)
