The Indian police department on Saturday beefed up security in the city after the Sri Lankan army chief in an interview claimed that the Easter Sunday suicide bombers had visited Bengaluru, Kashmir, and Kerala in India.
Senior Indian police officers held a meeting and decided to increase deployment of security personnel at churches, malls, temples, and public places and conduct inspections in sensitive areas and intensify patrolling.
Apart from that, security drills will also be conducted in public places including bus stands, railway stations, airports, malls, cinema halls and hotels, and commercial establishments to avoid any untoward incidents.
The police have also directed owners of commercial establishments to install CCTV cameras, maintain records of visitors and also verify their identity before letting them in. The jurisdiction police were directed to pass on the message to the beat police to keep vigilant on new tenants.
Directions were also issued to railways, KSRTC, BMTC, and BMRCL to keep vigilant on passenger movements and to update security protocol, reported foreign media.
Source: Deccan Herald
-Agencies
