Surat, June 7 -- Gujarat police carried out intensive foot patrolling across key areas on Friday evening to ensure peace and public safety ahead of Eid-al-Adha celebrations.

The security arrangements come as part of a larger preparedness drive aimed at maintaining communal harmony during the festival. Police personnel were seen carrying out foot patrols on Friday ahead of the festival celebrations.

Surat Zone -2 Deputy Commissioner Police (DCP) Bhagirath Gadhvi spoke to ANI and said, "Surat Police have made special arrangements for the occasion of Eid Al Adha... Foot patrolling and area checking have been conducted for many days. We have also appealed to the people that the festival is celebrated while maintaining communal harmony, and ...