Ahead of Republic Day, Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday reviewed the security situation in the national capital with the Delhi Police chief and other senior officials of intelligence and security agencies.
The country’s top leadership including President Pranab Mukherjee, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Ministers, senior civil and defence officials will be among those attending the main function at the majestic Rajpath where French President Francois Hollande will be the chief guest.
Delhi Police Commissioner B S Bassi and other officials gave a detailed presentation to Singh about the ground-to-air security cover to be put in place in the national capital, official sources said. The city has already been put on a high alert after the Pathankot terror attack as there were intelligence inputs which suggested that at least two terrorists had entered Delhi. “Highest possible security cover will put in place in Delhi in the run up to Republic Day,” a source said.
Days before the attack on Pathankot air base, central security agencies had reported that a group of eight to 10 terrorists had crossed border from Pakistan.