AMN /
The Centre has asked all states to be extra vigilant against any attempt by terrorists to disrupt peace and communal harmony by subversive elements during the upcoming festival season. Home Ministry has issued a country-wide advisory asking all states to deploy additional forces in crowded places like markets, railway stations, bus terminus and religious sites to foil any attempt by terrorists to carry out any attack.
The advisory was issued after intelligence inputs suggested that five Pakistani terrorists have entered India in recent past. The Home Ministry particularly told police forces of metro cities like Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Bengaluru and Hyderabad to be more vigilant during the upcoming festival of Navratri, Durga Puja, Dussehra and Moharram. The states were also asked to be alert during the festival as provocative sloganeering and forcible collection of donations, eve teasing often trigger communal tensions.