Friday, August 14, 2015

Independence Day security: Hawk eye on Air India flights, naval bases

Ahead of Independence Day, the government has issued a detailed advisory, directing states and Union Territories to beef up the security.

The seven-page advisory, which is little different from every year, has details keeping in mind the execution of Mumbai blasts convict Yakub Memon, who was hanged on July 30.

The government has mentioned the possibility of attacks by Pakistan-sponsored terror groups.

It states specific security threats including a Lashker-e-Taiba (LeT plan to hijack or blow up an Air India flight on the Kabul-Delhi-Kabul sector and al-Qaeda's designs to hit Indian naval facilities including the Karwar naval base (INS Kadamba), the Southern Naval Command in Kochi (INS Venduruthy) and Mumbai-based Western Naval Command.
14/08/15 Business Insider
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