The police security across the district has been strengthened in the light of two brutal murders within 24 hours. Tension prevailed in the district, where prohibitory orders were in place since Saturday night. About 500 police personnel from Coimbatore were deployed at sensitive areas, apart from a battalion of police from Ernakulam.
About 50 Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) activists were taken into preventive custody. They were arrested at different police stations in the district.
The police said they had intensified patrolling and set up pickets in all sensitive areas. Although 2,000 personnel, including armed personnel, were deployed across the district, police officials said that more force would be brought in from neighbouring districts if the situation warranted.
