An alert has been sounded to the sleuths of the Uttarakhand

An alert has been sounded to the sleuths of the Uttarakhand after getting inputs that hard-crore members of Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI), who were involoved in terror activity in Western UP and were absconding since blast in Bijnore, had slipped into neighbouring state.

“Uttarakhand police has been alerted about the possibility of SIMI terrorists in their territory,” IG law and Order Amrendra Sengar told reporters. Three SIMI terrorists, allegedly involved in a blast on September 12 in Mohalla Jatan of Bijnor, had managed to escape after the incident. The trio were staying near a room where the blast had taken place, and their partners as tenants in a house.

About the security arrangements in the wake of Navratra and Durga Puja, Sengar, while briefing the media persons here on Tuesday evening said  that adequate number of force would be deployed and the Centre has been asked to provide Rapid Action Force (RAF) which is to be deployed at sensitive areas. To review the security situation, Sengar said, a meeting through video conferencing would be held on Wednesday with the senior officers of all the districts as well as with the officials of Government Railway Police etc.