The Delhi Police has tightened up security in the national capital on Wednesday, following Tuesday’s terrorist attack in Kashmir’s Pahalgam that killed at least 26 people, officials said.
According to the officials, their focus is particularly on the tourist hotspots and border checkpoints of the city, where checking and surveillance have been intensified.
“Security has been beefed up at the famous tourist spots such as the Red Fort, India Gate, Qutub Minar, Humayun’s Tomb, Bangla Sahib gurdwara, Lotus Temple, Akshardham Temple, Lodhi Garden, Jama Masjid, Delhi Haat INA, National Museum, Jantar Mantar, Hazrat Nizamuddin Aulia Dargah, Rajghat and Safdarjung Tomb, among others,” the police officer said.
He added that the police have also stepped up security outside of the Metro stations, bus terminals, railway stations, malls and marketplaces across the capital.
The security outside the Pakistan High Commission in the capital has also been beefed up.
Traffic movement has also been regulated in the sensitive zones, officials said. The alert coincides with the ongoing visit of US Vice-President JD Vance for which security has already been strengthened in Delhi and other cities.
The security cover includes major marketplaces in Delhi such as Chandni Chowk, Sadar Bazaar, Lajpat Nagar, Sarojini Nagar and Rajouri Garden, among others.
“We have deployed barricading and metal detector checking at various places.
“Foot patrolling teams and police personnel in plain clothes have been pressed into service,” another senior police officer said.
Terrorists opened fire at the Baisaran meadow near the resort town of Pahalgam in Anantnag district on Tuesday afternoon, killing 26 people, mostly tourists, in what is seen as the deadliest attack in the Valley since the Pulwama strike in 2019.
