Monday, June 27, 2016

Terror alert: Security beefed up at Chandigarh airport

Security has been beefed up in and around sensitive places including airports in Punjab on the basis of intelligence inputs that  Pakistan based terror groups are planning another terror attack in India.
The security arrangements also come in the wake of Parliamentary Standing Committee (PSC) on Home Affairs report submitted to the Central Government which has also warned that Pathankot is facing another terror threat as the terrorists may be hiding in  the villages.
Besides Pathankot airbase, the security has also been heightened at Amritsar and Chandigarh airports. Warning sign boards  containing shoot-at-sight orders have been put up on the airport fencing wall at many places in Mohali.
Sources said the arrangements were made after a recent meeting on the security issues held between the local administration ,Air Force and Army authorities in Chandigarh. Besides the security , the army authorities have also asked Chandigarh administration to remove the illegal encroachments in Jagatpura village which is located close to the airport.
27/06/16 Manjeet Sehgal/India Today
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