Rajkot/Ahmedabad, February 28: Security has been beefed up in the coastal and border areas of the state and a high alert has been issued for Ahmedabad city during Holi following intelligence inputs, police said here today.
“There is a general alert in the coastal and border areas. If any intelligence input or not, we always become alert during festival season,” Director General of Police S S Khandwawala told PTI.
“This is a normal practice which we follow,” he said and declined to divulge anything further on the intelligence inputs.
Ahmedabad Joint Commissioner of Police Satish Sharma said, “There is a high alert declared in Ahmedabad city on account of Holi.”
“We have increased night petrolling and increased security at public places like malls, gardens, theatres and other places,” he said.
–IANS