New Delhi, April 24 -- Delhi Police strengthened security and paramilitary forces were deployed in Jahangirpuri on Tuesday to keep vigil during the shobha yatra taken out on the occasion of Hanuman Jayanti, officials said.

Police also said traffic flow was likely to be affected in several parts of the national capital on Tuesday in view of the Hanuman Jayanti celebration, police said, issuing advisories for route diversions near the Hanuman temples in Kashmere Gate and Connaught Place. Stringent security measures have been taken in view of the communal clashes that broke out during a Hanuman Jayanti procession in northwest Delhi's Jahangirpuri in 2022, a police officer said. The police have also intensified security arrangements across the...