Gujrat on high alert as Pakistan informs India of possible terror attack

ISLAMABAD: The Indian state of Gujrat was put on high alert Saturday after Pakistan provided intelligence to India about 10 militants entering the state for a possible terror attack.

According to India media reports, Pakistan's National Security Adviser (NSA) Nasir Khan Janjua shared the intelligence input with his Indian counterpart Ajit Doval about the possible terror strikes.

The terrorists were said to belong to the Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jaish-e-Mohammed militant groups.

According to the reports, security was beefed up at sensitive installations, places of worship, and public places, while the leaves of all police officers and security personnel in Gujrat were cancelled until further notice after the Indian government forwarded Pakistani intelligence input to the state government.

"We had received inputs from Centre on Saturday; we've issued an high alert. Gujrat police is on alert," Gujrat Home Minister Rajni Patel was quoted as saying.  

The director general of police in Gujrat also convened an emergency meeting on the issue and alerts were sounded off in all major cities and districts, reported the Time of India.

Indian Army Commander Lt Gen KJ Singh also confirmed the reports, saying there were some “disturbing” inputs about a terror attack in India aimed at creating “maximum media impact” during the ongoing parliamentary session and the Hindu religious festival of Shivratri, which starts from Monday.