Terror threat pushes DC games to Cuttack

Responding to the threat to withdraw from IPL 3, the IPL governing council granted two matches to Deccan Chargers in their catchment area of Cuttack with promises of holding a couple of matches later if the intelligence reports clear Hyderabad as a venue.

Besides the current agitations and mood in the state, Hyderabad has always been the hub of several sleeper cells and terror modules of Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Tayyaba and Bangladesh-based Harkat Ul Jihad Al Islami, evident from the recent arrests of a few, including Shaik Khaja alias Amjad who heads terror operations in South India.

Al Qaeda’s Ilyas Kashmiri too has issued a terror threat to IPL, it has been learnt.

Revised dc schedule
* 12 Mar Deccan Chargers vs Kolkata Knight Riders D.Y. Patil (Inaugural, Mumbai)
* 19 Mar DC vs Kings XI Punjab, Cuttack
* 21 Mar DC vs Delhi Daredevils, Cuttack
* 28 Mar DC vs Mumbai Indians, D.Y. Patil, Mumbai
* 5 Apr DC vs Rajasthan Royals, Nagpur
* 10 Apr DC vs Chennai Super Kings, Nagpur
* 12 Apr DC vs Royal Challengers, Bangalore, Nagpur