An alert was sounded across Uttar Pradesh following four low-intensity explosions in Pune in Mahararashtra Wednesday, police said, as they stepped up security in major cities including Lucknow, Varanasi and Kanpur.
The alert was ordered at the instructions of Director General of Police A.C. Sharma, Inspector General of Police (Law and Order) Badri Prasad Singh told IANS.
Heavy checking was being conducted at public place including malls, cinema halls, shopping complexes, markets, hotels and restaurants, police officials said.
Special patrolling was done in Lucknow, Agra, Varanasi, Kanpur, Moradabad, Allahabad, Azamgarh and Faizabad, they said.
An alert was sounded in Maharashtra and Home Minister R.R. Patil at a meeting here Wednesday reviewed the security in the state in the wake of four low-intensity blasts which rocked Pune, injuring one person, an official said.
The well co-ordinated blasts in Pune occurred between 7.27 p.m. and 8.15 p.m. at four locations on the busy Junglee Maharaj Road area of the state’s education and cultural capital.
Patil discussed the security situation with police and home department officials and was also in touch with the central government till late night, the official added.