Kolkata on terror alert

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Jeet Biswas

ACMA (in Service)

5073 Points Joined September 2007

Kolkata on terror alert

December 04, 2008 12:16 IST

Kolkata's security agencies are in a tizzy over reports of a possible terrorist strike in the city, especially after four mobile SIM cards used by the terrorists, who struck Mumbai, were said to have been acquired in West Bengal.

Top police sources told rediff.com late on Wednesday night that intelligence sources had intercepted a telephone conversation in a locality near West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee's home on December 1.

Sources said the conversation was about attacks on Kolkata's Victoria Memorial, Nicco Park and Salt Lake Central Park. Investigations in this matter are underway.

Kolkata police officials are also worried about the city's links with a Bangladesh-based terror outfit, Yahya. This outfit provides constant support to all Lashkar-e-Tayiba operations, intelligence sources said.

A massive hunt in the city and its adjoining areas is on to trace the buyers of the SIM cards that were used by the terrorists involved in the Mumbai attacks.

Meanwhile, the police are said to have detained a number of mobile phone outlet owners in several parts of south and south central Kolkata.

Intelligence sources also claimed that a module of Bangladesh-based Harkat-ul-Jihad-al Islami (HuJI), which has close ties with the Lashkar, has entered West Bengal, and has held secret meetings to plan how to unleash terror in the state.

src: https://www.rediff.com/news/2008/dec/04-kolkata-on-terror-alert.htm

Replies (6)

Prabeer

B. COM (H) CA & CS Final

5484 Points Joined December 2007

Yes •| J€€T |• it's a serious security concern for the kolkatans.

The high time has come after the Mumbai terror attacks when we hav 2 b very carefull abt ourselves.

Thanks 4 sharing d information.

Ankit kumar

Student

1691 Points Joined September 2008

Originally posted by :PRABEER SARKAR
"	Yes •\| J€€T \|• it's a serious security concern for the kolkatans. The high time has come after the Mumbai terror attacks when we hav 2 b very carefull abt ourselves. Thanks 4 sharing d information.	"

Ankit kumar

Student

1691 Points Joined September 2008

if anything happens like that,I request all kolkotans to make sure that u fix the terrorist appoitment to god before they can do any harm.Let them know our power.

CA Surajit Roy

Service

89 Points Joined January 2008

Thanks Jeet..

Kolkata has been a favourite shelter for terrotists all over india.they perform their task elsewhere & take refuge here.Perhaps, they have great confidence in Inactiveness of our Security system. That ilself a testimony where we stand !!!!

so far we have been very fortunate but how long ..

We need to be shaken to get up from deep Sleep.....

Prabeer

B. COM (H) CA & CS Final

5484 Points Joined December 2007

It's d fact that we think that we're very much fortunate or safe as compared 2 other regions of India or world at large from the terrorists which is not true as b'coz the terrorists r d enemy of mankind & they only want is huge destruction and devastation.

So we really hav 2 take d responsibility and keep peace.