Following Central security agencies’ advisory on Wednesday, all police stations in Delhi have been asked to be vigilant and take prompt and effective measures if they notice any suspicious movement, sources in the Delhi Police said.
Special Cell has been tasked to keep close tabs on the inter-State movement of IM and SIMI sympathisers. Spotters were also activated to monitor the activities of the sleeper cells.
Intelligence intercepts also indicated that IM and its operatives are hatching a plan to kidnap certain key political figures and demand the release of Yasin Bhatkal. Earlier also Harkat-ul-Jihad-e-Islami (HUJI) a hardcore terrorist group sponsored by Pakistan’s notorious intelligence agency, ISI, had planned to kidnap Indian cricket players Sachin Tendulkar, Saurav Ganguly and then President Dr APJ Abdul Kalam in 2002 to seek the release of jailed terrorists Nasrullah langrial and Abdul Rahim. langrial and Rahim are currently lodged in high security Jodhpur jail.