KARACHI: As many as 46,300 policemen will be deployed for the security of Chehlum of Imam Hussain across Sindh on Monday.

More than 5,727 of them would be deployed for security of the main Chehlum procession in the city though 17,950 policemen would perform security duty across the metropolis’s three security zones, where small processions will be taken out and majalis held.

This was stated in a report submitted to inspector general of police, Sindh, A.D. Khowaja on Sunday.

The report said that all roads and lanes leading to the main Chehlum procession would be closed for traffic. Besides, ‘all-out efforts’ were under way to install mobile phone jammers and use sniffer dogs.

Around 100 small processions will be taken out from different areas of the city while 460 majalis will be held in three zones of police in Karachi amid tight security.