IB puts Mumbai on terror alert
Mumbai, Jul 15: The Intelligence Bureau (IB) on Tuesday, Jul 14 has directed that at least seven places in Maharashtra to be on high alert including reputed bank in Mumbai and railway junction in Navi Mumbai as terrorists are planning to strike these sites.
Earlier, Home minister P Chidambaram had warned that Pakistan-based terrorists could launch another sea-borne attack despite the bad weather and choppy seas.
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Official
sources
said
that
the
Jul
8
alert
was
issued
based
on
the
information
received
from
the
terror
suspect
who
was
detained
in
Jammu
Kashmir.
The
police
also
recovered
photographs
of
key
areas
likely
the
'terror
targets'
in
Maharashtra.
"The photographs are genuine. They include the picture of a reputed bank near the Bombay high court, two railway stations in Mumbai and a railway station in Navi Mumbai," an official said.
IB also mentioned four dates on which the terrorists planned to carry out the strikes. An officer said, "The LeT has been singled out as having planned an attack in the second alert too."
OneIndia News