Delhi on alert for LeT strike before Obama visit

December 05, 2014 10:18

A high alert has been sounded in the Capital after credible intelligence inputs suggested that Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba jihadis were planning a sensational terror attack in the run-up to US President Barack Obama's two-day visit during the Republic Day next month. The alert has been communicated to the highest levels of the Modi government.

Since Obama is the chief guest at the Republic Day parade, the Delhi police and security agencies have advanced security screening and anti-sabotage check by nearly a month. Rather than tighten security a month before the parade, a decision has been taken to impose blanket measures this week on.

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