New Delhi, August 11: Ahead of Independence Day celebrations, Union Home Ministry has asked all the states and union territories to maintain a tight vigil especially along the coastal areas which may be used by Pakistan-based Lashker-e-Toiba to infiltrate.
Intelligence reports indicated that besides the national capital, Kolkata and Hyderabad are on the hit list of Pakistan-based terror outfit Lashker-e-Toiba, sources said.
A hawk-eye vigil was being maintained in and around Delhi, where Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will hoist the tri-colour at the historic Red Fort, official sources said.
The area around the Red Fort which mainly consists of walled city has been sanitised and police informers deployed to keep a tab on any movement of anti-national elements.
Besides heavy deployment of gun-totting commandos from Delhi Police, para-military and elite National Security Guards, air defence guns would be kept in readiness to ensure that no flying object hovers over the venue on August 15.
The Home Ministry asked states to take adequate measures to ensure special security arrangements at the venues where the national flag would be unfurled, sources said.
The security establishment has also asked the northeastern states to maintain a strict vigil against possible attacks from Left wing terror groups and insurgents.
–Agencies