The security personnel have spread a safety blanket ranking to ‘state-level’ for the West Indies team in an attempt to ensure a hassle free quarter-final match of the Cricket World Cup 2011 tomorrow, officials confirmed.
To avoid repetition of the embarrassing March 4 like incident, the security experts are asked to ensure a tight security in and around the stadium as well as to the foreign players, a senior official said Saturday. The Pakistan and West Indies will fight each other to secure their position on Wednesday at Sher-e Bangla National Stadium.
Agitated Bangladesh fans brick bated the West Indies team bus after a humiliating defeat of the home team.
Metropolitan Police Commissioner (DMP) Benazir Ahmed said the West Indies team would be provided with fool-proof security while they will arrive Monday Besides, “crowd trouble” will be strictly prohibited and there is no crowd along the key parts of the road to the stadium.”
“They (West Indies team) are our respected guests and we will ensure the highest state-level security to them. ” he said.
Earlier International Cricket Council (ICC) had expressed their annoyance over the March 4 bus attack though termed it as a minor incident. But West Indies coach Ottis Gibson said it was a serious security lack and added that West Indies players took cover on the floor of the bus at that time.
Meanwhile, police said that it was a case of wrong identity as real target of the local fans was the Bangladesh team bus.
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