Security has been beefed up in Ahmedabad city and other parts of the state ahead of the Rath yatra, the annual procession of Lord Jagannath.
Besides the city police, 60 companies of paramilitary forces summoned from different parts of the state and also from Rajasthan and Maharashtra have been deployed in the city.
Lakhs of devotees are expected to participate in the procession. It will begin from the Jagannath Temple in Jamalpur area at around 7 am and after passing through most of the walled city areas, will return back to the Jagannath Temple at around midnight.
City police commissioner K R Kaushik said that adequate security arrangements have been made in the city and residents must not panic or be swayed by rumours.
The rath yatra is being held even as the city has been racked by a few bomb blasts over the past few days, arms seizure and gunning down of criminals who had arrived to allegedly assassinate two senior state BJP leaders.
