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| Alert over Lashkar strike threat on R-Day | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Jan 24: A high alert was sounded across the state Monday following a possible terror strike ahead of the Republic Day and to ensure calm in view of the BJP's proposed march to the valley to hoist the national flag at Lal Chowk in Srinagar.
Both the state government and the separatists have vowed to oppose the BJP plan.
Intelligence sources said there were reports of a major terrorist strike being planned by Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) in the run-up to the 62nd Republic Day.
The state government and the union home ministry had started exchanging notes on security issues on an hourly-basis, the sources added.
Sources said the LeT was preparing to strike, using car bombs and IEDs, particularly in the summer capital city of Srinagar."Accordingly, a red alert has been sounded," the sources added.Sources said chief minister Omar Abdullah was in constant touch with union home minister P Chidambaram over security issues ahead of the Republic Day.
Sources said security was also beefed up to prevent any untoward incident ahead of the BJP's planned hoisting of the national flag in Srinagar on the Republic Day.
"The border between the state and Punjab has been sealed to prevent BJP activists from entering the state in connection with their proposed flag hoisting march," sources said.
Despite Omar requesting that nothing should be done to vitiate the law and order situation, the BJP's youth wing BJYM has announced it would go ahead with its "tiranga yatra" and unfurl the national flag at Lal Chowk on January 26.To counter the BJP march, separatist JKLF also announced a march to Lal Chowk on January 26.
"To hold trouble-free Republic Day functions across the state, it has been decided that nobody would be allowed to disrupt the peaceful atmosphere here," the sources added.
Barricades have been erected around the Bakshi Stadium in Srinagar, the venue of the main Republic Day parade in the valley.
In addition to heavy deployment of police and CRPF personnel, security is also being monitored through closed circuit television cameras which have been installed at major traffic crossings and around sensitive security installations.Police columns with armoured vehicles were Monday moving around and all incoming buses being checked at Lakhanpur, the gateway to the state, on the border with Punjab. |
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