Following Central Intelligence input that two Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) terrorists had sneaked into the national Capital and were suspected to be planning high-profile attacks, including taking hostages, the Delhi Police on Sunday stepped up security measures in the city.
Security was significantly heightened at the airport, railway stations, bus stands and other vital installations in the city. Vigil was also beefed up in several areas, including popular market places, in south Delhi, central Delhi and the VIP areas in lutyens’ Delhi.
The city has been put on high alert after the terrorist attack on Pathankot airbase by the Pakistan-based terrorist outfit on Saturday.
A senior Delhi Police official said that they have received specific Intelligence inputs about the presence of terrorists in the city. Delhi Police Commissioner BS Bassi has also appealed to the people to be vigilant.” Citizens’ vigil against suspicious persons/
objects/ activities is vital to counter terrorism. Report anything amiss on No. 100 or helpline 1090,” he tweeted.
According to a senior police official, Bassi on Sunday held a meeting with its top brass and the department sought help of central paramilitary forces in providing security, especially around vital installations in the city, said a senior police official.
“We have inputs regarding two JeM key members
who have sneaked into Delhi and are suspected to be planning high-profile attacks or hostage crisis.
“We have also got a few additional companies of paramilitary forces to increase security following the alert,” the official said.
Sleuths of Crime Branch and Special Cell of the Delhi Police were also roped in, and the security unit has been asked to form a strategy in connection with potential threats to VIPs in the national Capital.
“We have given instructions to put up barricades and conduct round-the-clock checking. Officers’ leave has been cancelled. Counter-terrorism measures have been put in place. Security around railway and metro stations has also been beefed up,” Joint Commissioner MK Meena told reporters. He, however, refused to comment on the specific inputs received.
Earlier in the day, the Delhi-lucknow Shatabdi was halted for searches at Ghaziabad and movement of several other trains disrupted after Northern Railways was alerted about a possible bomb threat to trains plying between Delhi and Kanpur.
“We received a call from the railway control room in the morning in which they said that they had received information about a potential bomb threat to a train plying between Delhi and Kanpur,” a senior police official said. A search operation was launched across all railway stations in the city covering all trains on the route,” the official added.
