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Cops ready to combat any militant attack

Published : Monday, 13 May, 2019 at 12:00 AM  Count : 1068
The law enforcement agencies have beef up security at all important places in the country, especially in the Hindu or Buddhist temples after India's intelligence agency informed terrorists are planning attack.
Additional uniformed and plainclothes detectives have been deployed for increased surveillance. Law enforcement agency members are alert to combat any sort of militant attack, senior police officials told the Daily Observer on Sunday. Security has been beefed up around each Hindu or Buddhist temples and mosques across the country, police source  said.
Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) may have some contacts with international terrorist groups. However they were under strict surveillance and police were looking for those JMB members.
The government has beefed up security in the country after the terrorist attacks in Sri Lanka. As part of the security measures, police have increased their patrols and surveillance at their check posts in different areas of the city, including shopping malls and bus stations.
Instructed by government high-ups, law enforcers yesterday held a series of meetings at the police headquarters and the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) headquarters. The meetings reviewed security arrangements across the country in wake of the attack on Friday.
Terrorists are planning attack on the Buddha Purnima in West Bengal and Bangladesh, said International Business Time, an Indian newspaper quoting India's intelligence agency.
According to the report West Bengal is on high alert after an Intel agency has warned of the possibility of terror attacks on the occasion of Buddha Purnima.
The warnings came ahead of the sixth phase of the Lok Sabha 2019 elections which is on Sunday. The alerts issued by the Intelligence Bureau (IB) states that a possible fidayeen attack might be carried out by Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) or Islamic State (ISIS).
Along with the warning, IB mentioned that the attacks might be carried out in Hindu or Buddhist temples by fidayeen, who could be impersonating as a pregnant lady in undivided Bengal - which includes India's eastern state of West Bengal and Bangladesh.
The government of West Bengal received an alert on Friday afternoon from the Central government. According to sources in the Intel agency, the attack might take place in West Bengal or Bangladesh, reports Zee News.
In the aftermath of the Sri Lanka attacks, Bengal should take precautionary measures to avoid the sort of unpleasant events that have unfolded in the neighbourhood.
The West Bengal police has reportedly beefed up security across the Hindu and Buddhist temples in and other parts of the state after receiving inputs from the Intel agency.
On April 27, a Bengali poster was released by a pro-Islamic State Telegram channel which had these two words - "Shighroi Aschhe [coming soon]". International Business Times had reported the story on the given date. The poster was reportedly hugely circulated and also had the logo of a group named Al-Mursalat.






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