Holi will be celebrated with same atmosphere of peace, happiness as UP polls: Police

As the festival of colour approaches, DGP Mukul Goel said that the festival of Holi will be celebrated with peace and happiness in Uttar Pradesh.

Uttar Pradesh Director General of Police (DGP) Mukul Goel has said that Holi will be celebrated with the same atmosphere of peace and happiness in which the ongoing Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections is being held.

DGP Mukul Goel, who came to Agra after visiting Shri Banke Bihari temple in Mathura, said that the Holi of Braj is famous not only in India, but in the whole country.

“Thousands of domestic and foreign tourists come to Mathura to see the Lathmar Holi of Mathura, and then come to Agra to see the Taj Mahal. In such a situation, it is necessary to keep the law and order strong,” he said.

Speaking to India Today, Mukul Goel praised the law and order situation in the Agra zone, and said that criminals are being monitored through Operation Pehchan App.

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DGP Goel said, “Through this, all the details of the criminals come up with a single click. This is a big achievement for the Agra Zone. The credit for this goes to ADG Zone Rajiv Krishna. Efforts will be made to implement this app in the entire Uttar Pradesh soon.”

DGP Goel, while inspecting the new ADG office in Agra, said that the law and order situation in Uttar Pradesh is going very well. He added that during the state assembly elections, there has been no incident of any kind of disturbance anywhere in the whole of Uttar Pradesh.