Intel on Khalistani terror attacks puts Mumbai on high alert, holidays of all personnel cancelled for New Year’s
At a time when the country is battling with the emerging third wave of the Covid-19 pandemic due to the highly-contagious Omicron variant, India’s financial capital has been put on high alert after the Mumbai Police received intelligence inputs that Khalistani elements were planning to carry out terror strikes in the city on New Year’s Eve.
As a precautionary measure, the Mumbai Police has cancelled holidays and weekly offs of all its personnel on December 31.
“All police holidays and weekly holidays have been cancelled tomorrow and every policeman posted in Mumbai will be on duty. Information was received that Khalistani elements could carry out terrorist attacks in the city, after which the Mumbai Police has been on alert,” the force said.
Furthermore, tight security has been deployed at all major stations in Mumbai, such as Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus, Bandra Churchgate, Kurla, among others.
“In view of the alert in Mumbai, tight security has been deployed at the major stations of Mumbai, Dadar, Bandra Churchgate, CSMT, Kurla and other stations. Tomorrow, more than 3,000 railway officers will be deployed,” Quaiser Khalid, Commissioner of Police, Mumbai Railway, said.
