Gaya blasts: Dalai Lama's security beefed up

July 08, 2013 09:30

The security of Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama's official palace and nearby Tsuglagkhang temple in Dharamshala has been beefed up following the serial blasts that rocked Bodh Gaya town in Bihar on Sunday.

The security was tightened after a review by Department of Security of Central Tibetan administration.

"Security of the Dalai Lama's private office here has been stepped up and an advisory has been issued to His Holiness' personal security officials," Ngodup Dorjee, department of security secretary(CTA) said.

"The Tibetan spiritual leader has been provided Z-plus security by the Indian government and we have only beefed up the security of his official palace and Tsuglagkhang temple (close to the palace)," he said.

A meeting of Central Tibetan Administration would be held in Dharamshala on Monday to review security arrangements of Tibetan

monasteries and temples located across India.

"Additional security force has been deployed at the Dalai Lama's palace and the Gyuto Tantric Monastic University, where Karmapa resides, after the Bodh Gaya blasts," Balbir Thakur, Superintendent of Police, Kangra said.

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