Terrorists planning strike in Goa?
After Bangalore, Ahmedabad and Delhi, terrorists were suspected to be planning a strike in Goa, sparking an alert in the coastal state where security was enhanced today in and around key installations and railway station.
By PTI |
BANGALORE/THRISSUR/PANAJI: After Bangalore, Ahmedabad and Delhi, terrorists were suspected to be planning a strike in Goa, sparking an alert in the coastal state where security was enhanced today in and around key installations and railway station.
Karnataka Home Minister V S Acharya said in Bangalore that his government has been tipped-off by Kerala Police that a consignment of explosives had been placed aboard a train that left Thiruvananthapuram today for being used for a terror strike in Goa.
"We have received information that the train carries explosives for a strike in Goa," he told reporters.
A Thiruvanathapuram report said the Netravati Express bound for Kurla, a Mumbai suburb, was thoroughly searched at Thrissur today but nothing was found.
Acharya said Karnataka police were "all prepared" to conduct a search of the train when it reaches the state's border.
Taking no chances, Goa police stepped up security around all the vital establishments and also increased surveillance along the railway station.
The Goa police said they have received inputs from Kerala police about the train laden with explosives.
"We are on our toes and have kept all the arrangements ready," Superintendent of Police Atmaram Deshpande, who heads state's special cell, told PTI here.
"We are checking almost all the trains. The bomb disposal squad is also pressed in service," Deshpande said.
Karnataka Home Minister V S Acharya said in Bangalore that his government has been tipped-off by Kerala Police that a consignment of explosives had been placed aboard a train that left Thiruvananthapuram today for being used for a terror strike in Goa.
"We have received information that the train carries explosives for a strike in Goa," he told reporters.
A Thiruvanathapuram report said the Netravati Express bound for Kurla, a Mumbai suburb, was thoroughly searched at Thrissur today but nothing was found.
Acharya said Karnataka police were "all prepared" to conduct a search of the train when it reaches the state's border.
Taking no chances, Goa police stepped up security around all the vital establishments and also increased surveillance along the railway station.
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The Goa police said they have received inputs from Kerala police about the train laden with explosives.
"We are on our toes and have kept all the arrangements ready," Superintendent of Police Atmaram Deshpande, who heads state's special cell, told PTI here.
"We are checking almost all the trains. The bomb disposal squad is also pressed in service," Deshpande said.
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