Warships leave Kolkata port after terror alert

November 05, 2014 11:08

The Indian Navy today pulled out two warships from the Calcutta port, citing "operational reasons', after an alert of a possible terror strike that could damage the vessels.

The alert is understood to have specified that militants in the guise of visitors or staff who have access to the port could threaten the security of the berths and assets on the waterside in Kidderpore.

Terror alerts are fairly routine but the Burdwan blast last month has added an edge to the latest intelligence input. Read

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