City, Delhi put on high alert

The city has been put on high alert following the shooting incident near Jama Masjid in Delhi in which two Taiwanese nationals were injured.

After Indian Mujahideen claimed responsibility of the attack, the Commissioner of Police, Mr A.K. Khan, reviewed the security arrangements with the top police officers and anti-sabotage checks were intensified at Ganesh pandals.

“Since the Ganesh festival is on and the immersions are scheduled for September 22, we are taking no chances. There is a country-wide alert issued for the Commonwealth Games. Indian Mujahideen (IM) had also carried out the twin explosions in the city. So we have to be alert,” said an official of state Intelligence department. IM stated in an e-mail that Sunday’s incident was a revenge for the Kashmir killings by security forces and the Batla House encounter.

The police also said IM might have recruited many new cadres across the country and Hyderabad was not being ruled out as a recruiting ground.