With festival seasons already on an SOS of the Intelligence Bureau that some Pakistan based militants would use Nepal route to strike terror in the country had put the entire force in the State on high alert.
Besides, the sleuths of the Shashastra Seema Bal (SSB) manning on Indo-Nepal border had also strengthened the security cover and round the clock patrolling were made all through the border. The officers sitting at lucknow Frontier office of the SSB were also keeping a tab on movement through Indo-Nepal border through Close- Circuit Televisions (CCTVs) cameras installed at all vital points all through the border as well as main entry points.
Confirming about some inputs of possible influx of terrorists through Nepal border, Inspector General (law and Order) RK Vishmakarma claimed that they alerted the cops of the districts touching Nepal along with the cops of those districts which can be used as a transit route to execute terror activities. However, he refused to reveal any further detail adding that the security forces are already on the job.
Vishmakarma also appealed that if anyone had information about visit, stay or movement of any suspected person than he should immediately informed about it to nearest police station or to control room so necessary measures could be taken to check the credentials of the Rs suspect’. Meanwhile, sources confirmed that besides other districts touching Nepal, the IB had alerted their counterparts in Uttar Pradesh about possible entry of some militants particularly laskar-e-Taiba from Nepal through
Maharajganj and Bahraich’s border. It was also said to be tipped off that the militants will use Gorakhpur as a transit route so special alert should be maintained at railway and bus stations as well highways leading to all sensitive districts like national capital along with lucknow, Varanasi, Faizabad, Mathura, Agra etc. Sources said that the IB in it’s advisiory had reportedly apprehended that leT chief Hafiz Saeed, the mastermind of fidayeen attack in Mumbai had said to have planned for some major strike particularly in national capital. The security as well as sleuths of intelligence agencies are now working on the actionable inputs to check any possible terror strike. The cops of the Government Railway Police (GRP) along with Railway Protection Force (RPF) were also alerted in this regard and were asked to ensure proper checking.