Holy city put on high alert

Tribune News Service

Amritsar, December 18

A high alert has been sounded in the holy city in the aftermath of the deadly terror strike at the Army Public School in Peshawar, Pakistan.

Security has been beefed up at key locations like the railway station and the Golden Temple while an advisory has also been issued to the city-based schools to enhance the security cover. The school managements have been asked to install CCTV cameras on their premises.

“I have passed instructions to all Assistant Commissioners of the police in the city to hold meetings with managements of various schools falling in their respective areas and discuss the security arrangements,” said Police Commissioner Jatinder Singh Aaulakh while speaking on The Tribune.

According to reports around 150 persons, a majority of of whom were schoolchildren, were killed in the ghastly incident in Peshawar, which shook the whole world.

Following the intelligence inputs and instructions from Central agencies, a red alert has been sounded in the holy city also. Aulakh said an alert was sounded in the city and police forces were deployed to keep an eye on vital locations, including religious shrines, railway station, inter-state bus terminus, besides educational institutes.

“Police patrolling has been intensified and PCR teams have also been alerted. They have been asked to increase patrolling near schools and colleges,” said the Police Commissioner.

Aulakh said school managements would be asked to install CCTV cameras and beef up security in their schools.

MF Farooqui, DIG, BSF, said forces guarding the border were already on alert. He said, “Though there are no particular inputs regarding possible intrusion, but we are already on high alert to meet any eventuality.”