INDIA: Authorities strengthen security measures after the killing of Osama bin Laden

Record ID: 1376087

  • Title: INDIA: Authorities strengthen security measures after the killing of Osama bin Laden
  • Date: 4th May 2011
  • Summary: AYODHYA, UTTAR PRADESH, INDIA (MAY 02, 2011) (ANI-NO ACCESS BBC) POLICE OFFICIALS GATHERED ON STREET POLICE OFFICIALS RUNNING A SECURITY CHECK ON A CAR POLICE OFFICIALS AND A SNIFFER DOG ARMED POLICE OFFICIALS WALKING SNIFFER DOG CHECKING A CAR OFFICIALS STANDING WITH THE SNIFFER DOGS ARMED SECURITY OFFICIALS SEARCH A CAR SECURITY AT A BUS STOP INTERIOR OF BUS / S
  • Embargoed: 18th May 2011 22:19
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  • Location: India, India
  • Country: India
  • Topics: Police
  • Reuters ID: LVA5XIQZODNXU96KW2SM0VNI4LAX
  • Aspect Ratio: 4:3
  • Story Text: Indian authorities fortified security in the holy town of Ayodhya in northern Uttar Pradesh state on Monday (May 02) in bid to prevent potential terror attacks after U.S. special forces shot dead Osama bin Laden.
    The communally sensitive region of Ayodhya, in 1992 witnessed some of the worst sectarian violence since the Indian independence when Hindu zealots tore down a 16th century mosque believing it to be built over an ancient temple of their god king Rama. Religious rioting that ensued after the demolition of the Babri mosque in killed nearly 2,000 people.
    Indian forces on Monday set up barricades at several public locations across the town and ran security checks on vehicles entering Ayodhya, with the aid of sniffer dogs trained to detect explosives. A team of bomb disposal experts were also at hand to deal with emergency situations.
    R.K.Chaturvedi, a senior police official said all measures were being taken to ensure Ayodhya remained secure.
    "We are working under the red alert orders of the government and are keeping a close watch on the movement of people," said the official from the Faizabad district.
    "We are using all the provided security tools and manpower to keep a tight vigilance on the area. We are on high alert so that militant attacks should not happen here," he added.
    The Al Qaeda leader was killed on Monday in a covert operation inside a heavily fortified residential compound, near the Pakistani Military Academy in the town of Abbottabad.
    Several other Indian towns considered communally sensitive have been kept on high alert since Monday as the government fears possible militant backlash.
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