Security between blasts

27 cameras installed in Sarojini Nagar this July. Today, none work. Police blames it on a fallout with the company awarded the contract.

Following a red alert, use of metal detectors is enforced. But it is discontinued within months.

Frisking made mandatory at entry points to Sarojini Nagar market, but practice discontinued soon. Policemen sent on other beats. In July, market association employed private security guards.

In Walled City, in front of Jama Masjid8217;s Gate No 1, two metal detectors installed at the entry to the market. But they are unmanned. Cars, bicycles and motorbikes pass through the space between the two metal detectors.