Just a day after a ‘red alert’ was sounded in Tamil Nadu’s Coimbatore district following intelligence inputs of six Lashkar-Taiba (LeT) terrorists’ entry into the state, Vellore and Tiruvannamalai have also heightened security precautions. Important places of interest have been provided with security cover with key localities coming under the police radar.
According to one report in The Hindu, special police teams have been deployed to provide security for the Vellore Fort, a famous 16th-century structure, as well as the Jalakandeswarar Temple in the vicinity. Security checks are also being carried in busy junctions like Katpadi, Arakkonam and Jolarpet.
With ‘storming operations’ being undertaken by the police, personnel belonging to the Bomb Detection and Disposal Squad (BDDS) inspected the Vellore old bus terminus, Golden Temple and the Sripuram Hospital.