Ayodhya, Oct 16: With security forces on high alert in the wake of tomorrow`s VHP meet, the central office of the saffron outfit and several other places here were raided overnight and 400 more activists arrested, even as it resolved to hold the `Sankal` meeting "come what may". However, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mulayam Yadav, has given orders against any shootout to disperse mobs.

VHP Central Secretary Rajendra Singh Pankaj, president of Sadhvi Samaj Varuna Yati and 40 women were among 400 people arrested during raids at the central office at Karsevakpuram, Additional District Magistrate Sudhakar Adeeb said.
The massive ‘pandal’ erected at Ramsevakpuram, the venue of the VHP meet, was uprooted and PAC jawans stationed, he said.
Searches were also conducted at a number of ashrams, ‘chavnis’ and temples for hiding VHP activists and their leaders who have gone underground and former MP and senior leader Ram Vilas Vendati`s house was surrounded but he was not found, Adeeb said.
Unprecedented security was in place in Faizabad and Ayodhya to foil VHP sponsored `devdarshan and sankalp meet`, he said. "All entry points to the district have been completely sealed and no one, except those having valid passes will be allowed in," Adeeb said. The administration was committed to ensure implementation of the apex court`s order for maintaining a status quo at the acquired land, he said.
Security personnel, including para-military forces, have been deployed in strength at the Ram Janambhoomi complex to prevent the `Ram bhakts` from sneaking in during VHP`s programme, he said.
Meanwhile, the streets of Ayodhya wore a deserted look with shops and business establishment remaining closed and people preferring to remain indoors.
Very few devotees were seen in temples across the city despite it being the month of `Kartik` when people throng temples.
The sound of blaring sirens of security forces vehicles rent the air in the temple town.
Asked about reports of presence of VHP international president Ashok Singhal in the temple town, Adeeb said it could not be ruled out.
Meanwhile, Vedanti said from an undisclosed destination which he said was in the town that the programme would be organised tomorrow "come what may" and that Singhal was with him and would participate in it.
"We will hold our `sankalp` meeting tomorrow and have `darshan` of the Ram lala," he said.
Vedanti claimed that thousands of `Ram bhakts` had already reached Ayodhya despite stiff security checks and the streets of Ayodhya would be full of them tomorrow.
He criticised Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav of using `repressive measures` and said even the court had not barred `darshan` at the makeshift temple at the disputed site.
Meanwhile, police sources said there were reports that some `Ram bhakts` had made it to Ayodhya and were hiding at temples and `matths` and the administration was shortlisting such places for raids.
As many as 700 VHP workers have been apprehended in Faizabad and Ayodhya since yesterday.
The VHP office at Karsevakpuram has been vacated and security personnel deployed there.
The Howrah-Deheradun Express and Sabarmati Express, passing through the city have been diverted and the others were being subjected to thorough searches at stations preceding Faizabad and Ayodhya to flush out VHP activists.
Hundreds of VHP workers were rounded up in the neighbouring Ambedkar Nagar, Gonda, Basti, Barabanki and Sultanpur districts, sources said.
Adeeb said there was no shortage of security forces in the twin towns and the administration was well prepared to foil the VHP meet.
He said VHP had not sought any permission from the administration to hold its programme nor any permission had been given.
Bureau Report