High alert was sounded across Odisha on Thursday after the Delhi Police on Wednesday issued a warning about the entry of three heavily armed Pakistani terrorists into the country.
“Based on security threat information received from the Intelligence Bureau and other security agencies, we have issued high alert across Odisha. Security has been beefed up around key installations including the (Bhubaneswar) airport, the Hirakud Dam and religious sites,” said DGP KB Singh.
All district Collectors and Superintendents of Police were asked to stay alert. Police were asked to focus on strict checking of vehicles, security of vital installations, including police buildings and defence establishments, religious places, markets, malls, railway stations and tracks, and educational institutions.
The Punjab police have issued a notification that the terrorists are travelling from Jammu and Kashmir in a grey Swift Dzire car along with a local resident.
The car bearing registration number JK-01 AB-2654 is carrying three Pakistani militants and a local. The Pakistani militants have sufficient arms, ammunition and possibly suicide belt.