Delhi on high alert; security around BJP offices intensified after terror threat inputs

National capital Delhi was Saturday put on a high alert following intelligence inputs of a possible terror threat, prompting security agencies, including police to heighten security near sensitive locations across the city.

According to reports, police have been directed to intensify surveillance and maintain a strict vigil on suspicious activities, unattended objects and abandoned vehicles parked near sensitive zones.

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Bomb disposal units, fire brigade and rapid action forces have been directed to stay alert as security agencies carry out anti-sabotage operations at government buildings, crowded areas like bus and train stations and political offices.

According to reports, agencies have received inputs that terrorists are planning to carry out suicide attacks, shootings and coordinated attacks.

Meanwhile, the security around BJP Headquarters at Deen Dayal Upadhyay Marg and the saffron party’s Delhi unit office has also been intensified.

Earlier in November last year, at least 15 people were killed and around 20 others sustained injuries in a bomb blast near the Red Fort.

One of the members of the module, identified as Dr Umar-un-Nabi, allegedly drove an explosives-laden car near the Red Fort and exploded it.

The attack was carried out by a white collar terror module busted days before the attack in BJP-ruled Haryana’s Faridabad.

Dr Nabi was also part of the module but managed to escape when the fellow members were nabbed by Jammu and Kashmir police.

According to the latest intelligence inputs, the terrorists could also use vehicle-borne improvised explosive devices, similar to the Red Fort attack.