A security scare has gripped Kolkata after central intelligence agencies warned of a probable terror strike in the port area by a Pakistan-based terror outfit between November 4 and 7. The security shakedown, after the alert issued by R&AW , even led the Navy to sail out its two warships from the Kidderpore dock on Tuesday as a precautionary measure.
“Warships are the safest in the open seas, capable of defending themselves.Corvette INS Khukri and offshore patrol vessel INS Sumitra had docked at the port for three days in view of the Navy Day celebrations, with the plan being to open them for visits and public viewing,“ said a source.
The alert was that the terror strike may have been planned by the ISI with help from the Pakistan Navy . It also came in the backdrop of both the recent Burdwan blasts as well as the attempt by al-Qaida's Indian sub-continent wing to hijack a Pakistani frigate PNS Aslat at Karachi in September with the ostensible purpose to use it against Indian warships.
“Warships are the safest in the open seas, capable of defending themselves.Corvette INS Khukri and offshore patrol vessel INS Sumitra had docked at the port for three days in view of the Navy Day celebrations, with the plan being to open them for visits and public viewing,“ said a source.
The alert was that the terror strike may have been planned by the ISI with help from the Pakistan Navy . It also came in the backdrop of both the recent Burdwan blasts as well as the attempt by al-Qaida's Indian sub-continent wing to hijack a Pakistani frigate PNS Aslat at Karachi in September with the ostensible purpose to use it against Indian warships.
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