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Security cover tightened for Independence Day celebrations
With Independence Day celebrations just days away, elaborate security arrangements have been made for the national capital. The Red Fort, from where the prime minister will address the nation, has been turned into a citadel.
- IANS
- Published: 23:49 August 10, 2008
New Delhi: With Independence Day celebrations just days away, elaborate security arrangements have been made for the national capital. The Red Fort, from where the prime minister will address the nation, has been turned into a citadel.
The Intelligence Bureau (IB) has circulated an alert about six Lashker-e-Taiba (LeT) militants who are said to have sneaked into the city to carry out terror strikes in Chandni Chowk area during the Independence Day celebrations. This has raised the alarm levels in the security establishment.
The security agencies say no inputs can be taken lightly in view of the serial blasts in Jaipur, Bangalore and Ahmadabad, which left scores of people dead and hundreds wounded this year.
Unparalleled
"We are on a high alert and have placed an unparalleled ground-to-air security apparatus for the Independence Day celebrations. Security will be tighter and flawless in view of the terror blasts in the country," Delhi Police spokesman Rajan Bhagat said yesterday.
The entire Red Fort complex, where the country's top political leadership will be present for official celebrations, has been sanitised and several areas have been sealed off for the general public.
"We are constantly reviewing and updating security arrangements," Bhagat added.
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