IPL 2022: Maharashtra’s home minister Dilip Walse-Patil has assured that there is no threat to the IPL in Mumbai and all rumours regarding a recee were false. Reports of a potential terror threat swirled around in the media over the last few hours, but both Mumbai Police and Maharashtra’s Home Minister have assured that the T20 tournament will be run in a safe and secure environment. The T20 cricket extravaganza is set to start from March 26, with Chennai Super Kings facing the Kolkata Knight Riders at the Wankhede Stadium. Follow IPL 2022 live updates on Insidesport.in
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IPL 2022: Maharashtra Home Minister quashes threat terror threat, says ‘no threat to IPL in Mumbai’
Earlier in the day, the Mumbai police too had clarified that they had received no intelligence inputs about any terror threat during the tournament. “There was news in a section of the media about a threat to IPL in Mumbai or someone conducting a recce….There is no threat to the IPL in Mumbai. Nobody conducted recce, there is no threat from anyone. And the police department too has made this clear,” Walse-Patil said in the Assembly.
Some unverified viral messages on social media had said that ‘terrorists’ had conducted recce at Hotel Trident, the Wankhede Stadium and along the bus route between these two locations.
IPL 2022: Maharashtra Home Minister quashes threat terror threat, says ‘no threat to IPL in Mumbai’
Mumbai Police was geared up to ensure full security for the IPL, a police release said earlier in the day. There have been no intelligence inputs about any terror threat and adequate security arrangements will be made at the two stadiums in the city (Wankhede and Brabourne) where matches will be played as well as at the hotels where players and support staff will be staying, police said.
The matches will take place between March 26 to May 22. There are at least three days when matches will be held at Wankhede and Brabourne stadiums at the same time, and there will be adequate police deployment to avoid any untoward incident, said a police official. Prior to the games, police officials have been asked to visit the stadiums as well as the hotels where players are staying, and buses ferrying players would be provided police escort, he added.
IPL 2022: Maharashtra Home Minister quashes threat terror threat, says ‘no threat to IPL in Mumbai’
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