PRAYAGRAJ: A large posse of 3,500 police personnel, including mounted cops, has been roped in to turn the Magh mela campus into a fortress for the Mahashivratri snan – last bathing of Magh Mela - on Tuesday, when around five lakh devotees are expected to take the holy dip across six ghats.
While reviewing the security plan for the holy snan on Monday, mela police also brought measures to stem traffic snarls ahead of and during the ritualistic bathing.