Security beefed up in schools after Peshawar terror attack
19 Dec 2014 4:41 AM IST
The security cover has been heightened near all schools and colleges in the city keeping in view the tragedy that hit Peshawar on Tuesday.
“We have contacted Deputy Police Commissioners in all 11 districts in this regard, and on Wednesday they held a meeting with school authorities belonging to their concerned districts,” said a senior police official.
On Wednesday, intelligence agencies also reportedly conveyed threat alerts with regard to high-rise buildings in and around the national Capital, said a source. Delhi Police took a serious note of all such alerts and further beefed up security in the city, which has already been alerted since December 5.
However, police also asked people to avoid rumours regarding probable attacks at specific markets, mostly located in south and south-east Delhi, on certain dates. These so-called rumours hit the city on late Tuesday night and started multiplying exponentially through social networking medium and Whatsapp.
According to a source, Delhi Police Commissioner BS Bassi along with other senior officials attended a meeting held at the Ministry of Home Affairs on Wednesday afternoon. In this meeting, they were again asked to brief about security arrangements at public places – including airports, railway stations, bus terminuses, markets, five star hotels and cafeterias — with regard to which the ministry had already issued an advisory on Tuesday.
Keeping in view that the school attacked at Peshawar on Tuesday was largely attended by children of Army personnel, the Army schools in the city and schools near diplomatic enclave in Chanakyapuri were given special security cover.
As reported in Millennium Post on Tuesday, the police had received intelligence inputs suggesting threat to the ruling party’s headquarters at 11 Ashoka Road. The building was immediately fortified and barricaded. A senior police official also said the security system in the national Capital will be on its toes at least up to January 26, when US President Barack Obama leaves Delhi after his two-days’ scheduled visit on the Republic Day ceremony. It may even get stretched if the Assembly elections are announced in February.
Govt school kids to pay tribute
Over 1,500 students from different government schools will pay tribute to the Pakistan terror attack victims on Thursday, an official said. The students from Delhi government and New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) schools will gather at Central Park in Connaught Place at around 2 pm and pray for the 148 people, including 132 children, who were shot dead by Taliban terrorists in Peshawar on Tuesday. According to an NDMC official, students will light candles and lay flowers at the base of the largest national flag in the country that stands tall at the Central Park.
“The students expressed their desire to pay tributes to the children who died in Pakistan with flowers and candles. So, we obliged,” an NDMC official said. Delhi L-G Najeeb Jung, along with other senior officials will also be present, he added. Narendra Modi, other parliamentarians and school students across India observed a two-minute silence for the terror victims on Wednesday.
“We have contacted Deputy Police Commissioners in all 11 districts in this regard, and on Wednesday they held a meeting with school authorities belonging to their concerned districts,” said a senior police official.
On Wednesday, intelligence agencies also reportedly conveyed threat alerts with regard to high-rise buildings in and around the national Capital, said a source. Delhi Police took a serious note of all such alerts and further beefed up security in the city, which has already been alerted since December 5.
However, police also asked people to avoid rumours regarding probable attacks at specific markets, mostly located in south and south-east Delhi, on certain dates. These so-called rumours hit the city on late Tuesday night and started multiplying exponentially through social networking medium and Whatsapp.
According to a source, Delhi Police Commissioner BS Bassi along with other senior officials attended a meeting held at the Ministry of Home Affairs on Wednesday afternoon. In this meeting, they were again asked to brief about security arrangements at public places – including airports, railway stations, bus terminuses, markets, five star hotels and cafeterias — with regard to which the ministry had already issued an advisory on Tuesday.
Keeping in view that the school attacked at Peshawar on Tuesday was largely attended by children of Army personnel, the Army schools in the city and schools near diplomatic enclave in Chanakyapuri were given special security cover.
As reported in Millennium Post on Tuesday, the police had received intelligence inputs suggesting threat to the ruling party’s headquarters at 11 Ashoka Road. The building was immediately fortified and barricaded. A senior police official also said the security system in the national Capital will be on its toes at least up to January 26, when US President Barack Obama leaves Delhi after his two-days’ scheduled visit on the Republic Day ceremony. It may even get stretched if the Assembly elections are announced in February.
Govt school kids to pay tribute
Over 1,500 students from different government schools will pay tribute to the Pakistan terror attack victims on Thursday, an official said. The students from Delhi government and New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) schools will gather at Central Park in Connaught Place at around 2 pm and pray for the 148 people, including 132 children, who were shot dead by Taliban terrorists in Peshawar on Tuesday. According to an NDMC official, students will light candles and lay flowers at the base of the largest national flag in the country that stands tall at the Central Park.
“The students expressed their desire to pay tributes to the children who died in Pakistan with flowers and candles. So, we obliged,” an NDMC official said. Delhi L-G Najeeb Jung, along with other senior officials will also be present, he added. Narendra Modi, other parliamentarians and school students across India observed a two-minute silence for the terror victims on Wednesday.
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