Dehdradun Police has issued an alert about a suspected terrorist entering the Uttarakhand capital. The city police has released a CCTV photo of the suspect and asked people to be on alert.
Uttarakhand DGP BS Sidhu said that a group of eight men may try to create trouble in the state. Sidhu said the police have received information that one of the members of the group has sneaked into Dehradun.
Security forces are at maximum alert across the country in view of Republic Day. Intelligence agencies have warned that terror groups may try to strike in major cities on Republic Day.
The senior police officer said they received the information through a video clipping but refused to share the source of the footage provided to the police.
Police have released a photograph of the suspect after investigating the video clippings, he said.
Sidhu refused to share any detail about the suspected man, who is hiding in the city or its fringes, but said that police have been put on high alert and an intensive hunt has been launched to nab him.
Earlier this month, 4 suspected ISIS members were arrested from Roorke for planning to target the Kumbh mela in Haridwar.
On Monday, two Al Qaeda suspects were arrested in Jamshedpur, Jharkhand. Police said the two – Akram Sheikh alias Masood and Mohammad Nasim are reportedly associated with Al Qaeda’s wing with the terror groups Indian branch.
