New Delhi : An alert has been sounded in north Indian state Western Uttar Pradesh after receipt of a letter which claimed that Lashkar-e-Tayyaba (LeT), a Kashmiri militant group could carry out explosions at railway stations in the state and some other vital installations.
The letter, in the name of LeT, claimed that the outfit could also target the monument of India Gate in Delhi, Golden Temple in Amritsar and the Vaishnodevi shrine, police sources said according to PTI reports.
The letter, received by the superintendent of Bulandshehar Railway Station yesterday, demanded the release of Parliament attack case convict Afzal Guru, who has been sentenced to death, before June 30, the sources said.
Inspector General of Police (Meerut Zone), V K Gupta, however, did not rule out the threat being a hoax, but said round the clock high vigil will be maintained.
Ghaziabad Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Deepak Rajan said that security is being beefed up in the district particularly in and around the railway station.
The letter claimed that the LeT could blow up railway stations in Meerut, Ghaziabad, Aligarh, Lucknow, Delhi and Shimla if the demand was not met.
Bulandshehar SSP Sujeet Rande said that the State government has been informed about the letter.