Tight security has been put in place in Delhi following an intelligence alert that the Prime Minister’s life was in danger during the Republic Day celebrations.
Record: January 18, 2022 16:12
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New Delhi,
The country’s 73rd Republic Day is being celebrated on the 26th with much fanfare across the country. The President hoists the tricolor flag at the Republic Day celebrations on Delhi’s Rajpath. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is also participating in the event.
Heavy security arrangements are being made in Delhi for the Republic Day celebrations. Delhi Police are engaged in intensive surveillance. In this context, the intelligence has warned that there is a conspiracy to carry out terrorist attacks to disrupt the Republic Day celebrations and that there is a threat to the life of Prime Minister Modi.
The threat has been reported from groups in Pakistan or the Afghan region. Targeting high-ranking personalities, public meetings, important institutions and crowded places where people are more likely to be.
The intelligence agency also said that militant groups such as Lashkar-e-Taiba, Jaish-e-Mohammed, Harkat-ul-Mujahideen, Hizbul Mujahideen and opposition groups were behind the attack. Tight security has been put in place in Delhi following an intelligence alert that the Prime Minister’s life was in danger during the Republic Day celebrations.