Delhi: Intelligence authorities received a warning about a probable terror plan targeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other dignitaries on Republic Day.
The nine-page intelligence input, received by India Today suggested that PM Modi and other dignitaries who will be present at India's 75th Republic Day celebration were under threat.
Notably, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan are all likely to be invited as prominent guests.
The threat had originated from parties headquartered in the Pakistan/Afghanistan-Pakistan region, according to the message. These groups intended to sabotage/disrupt public gatherings, critical establishments, and crowded places in order to attack high-ranking dignitaries.
Terrorist groups such as Lashkar-e-Taiba, The Resistance Force, Jaish-e-Mohammad, Harkat-ul-Mujahideen, and Hizb-ul-Mujahedeen are claimed to be behind the threat, according to the information.
According to the information, Pakistan-based Khalistani groups are also mobilizing cadres to reunite and resurrect militancy in Punjab. They also intend to carry out targeted assaults in Punjab and other provinces.
Recently on the journey from Bathinda to the Hussainiwala National Martyrs' Memorial in Ferozepur on Wednesday (January 5) afternoon, Prime Minister Narendra Modi's car was stuck for 15-20 minutes on a flyover, following which his cavalcade returned to Bathinda airport. Protesters who had blocked the road ahead were to blame for the exceptional breach of the Prime Minister's security.
Surjit Singh Phool's Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) Krantikari gang squatted on the flyover near hamlet Piareana in the Ghall Khurd tehsil of Ferozepur district with 400-500 protesters.
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