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Intel warning: Lashkar group in Gujarat
Manas Dasgupta

Ahmedabad, August 10
Intelligence agencies have warned that a 13-member Lashkar-e-Toiba group might have entered Gujarat through the sea route from the Bulsar district of the state bordering Maharashtra and Daman and Dadra & Nagar Haveli.

Security of Somnath and Dwarka temples has been stepped up. Both the temples are situated on the sea coast in Junagadh and Jamnagar districts respectively in the Saurashtra region.

Bulsar district superintendent of police Nipuna Torwane said fishermen and the people in the town have been told to report to the police immediately about any suspicious movement. She said the Intelligence Bureau suspected that 13 Pakistani terrorists had arrived through the sea route from Bulsar in the last couple of days.

The police do not rule out the possibility of the terror groups trying to disrupt the Independence Day celebrations. The police have sealed the state’s borders with Maharashtra as well as Daman and Dadra and Nagar Haveli. Checking has also been intensified at Ahmedabad and other airports as well as all important railway stations, particularly Surat .

Gujarat has a coastline of over 1,600 km and most of it is considered vulnerable.