Security was stepped up in India's financial capital Mumbai on Tuesday, after intelligence warnings of a possible militant attack targeting foreigners, the Press Trust of India (PTI) said. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev was scheduled to fly to Mumbai on Wednesday on the second leg of a two-day India visit.
"Extensive security measures have been put in place and an alert has been sounded in the city in the wake of inputs of a terror threat ahead of Christmas and the New Year," PTI quoted Mumbai Police Commissioner Sanjeev Dayal as saying. "There are conscious efforts by terror organisations to target foreigners during these two festivals here," Dayal said.
PTI cited quoted official sources as saying the intelligence had specifically mentioned possible infiltration by members of the Lashkar-e-Taiba - the militant group blamed for the 2008 Mumbai attacks. The western commercial city of Ahmedabad was also cited as a potential target and put on alert. "We have been continuously receiving inputs from intelligence agencies about possible terror strikes. We are analysing these inputs and taking things very seriously," Dayal said.
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