NEW DELHI: TV reports say that Intelligence Bureau has alerted all the western coastal states on the possibility of terror
attacks.
Times Now quoted IB sources as saying that all coastal state DGPs have been sent alert mails to increase patrolling in the wake of terror threat from sea.
Sources also warn that the attacks vessels would be launched from an Iranian port and a Gulf financier is believed to be behind the terror plans.
The development has come barely hours after Israel warning India that a Pakistan-based terror outfit affiliated to al-Qaida, which carried out the 2008 Mumbai attacks, is planning to carry out a string of terror attacks across India.
Israel's counter-terrorism bureau at the National Security Council (NSC) in a travel warning for Israeli tourists in India rated the threat as "imminent and concrete", putting special emphasis on the Jammu and Kashmir region.
"The terrorist group that carried out the serious Mumbai attack in India is planning to carry out a number of attacks across India, particularly against concentrations of Western or Israeli tourists," warned a statement from the counterterrorism unit.
The bureau has recommended Israelis currently in India to avoid crowded areas, especially tourist areas, which have no apparent armed security.
Taking note of Israel's warning, the government on Friday said it was fully prepared to deal with any situation.
"We are fully prepared and we will take care of whatever situation arises," a home ministry spokesperson said.
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