NEW DELHI – Indian intelligence Agencies issued a high-level warning of apossible terror-threat to leaders from 10 ASEAN countries who will be chiefguests at India’s 69th Republic Day celebrations this Friday.
A massive security cover has been put into place in Delhi and adjoiningareas ahead of the yearly celebrations.
For the first time ever, as many 10 world leaders are chief guests at theevent marking India’s Constitution coming into effect. Indonesia PresidentJoko Widodo, Vietnam PM Nguyen Phuc, Myanmar State Councillor Aung San SuuKyi, Laos PM Thongloun Sisoulith, Malaysia PM Najib Razak, PhilippinesPresident Rodrigo Duterte, Singapore PM Lee Hsien Loong, Cambodia PM HunSen, Thailand PM Prayut Chan-Ocha and Sultan of Brunei Hassanal Bolkiah.With these many high-level foreign dignitaries, the pressure on securityagencies is more than ever.
Zee News has accessed a five-page report of intelligence agencies whichreads that regular inputs point towards a possible terror threat.
As a result, patrolling in certain specific areas in Delhi – like JamaMasjid, Majnu ka Tila, Batla House, Krishna Nagar, Arjun Nagar and someother illegal colonies – have been increased as the risk of terror-relatedactivities is the most from here. Delhi Police has also been told toidentify suspicious people in these localities and conduct thoroughbackground checks as part of the overall precautionary measures alreadybeing put into place.
Intelligence agencies have also said that terror groups may make use ofnon-conventional ways to launch and execute attacks.