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IB fears trouble by foreign elements

New Delhi/Chennai, September 3
With the Intelligence Bureau cautioning that some foreign-based terrorist elements may foment trouble in the coming days, the Centre has alerted all states to keep a tight vigil, especially during the festivals, and monitor crowded places.

No official info on Abu Hamza The reported detention of Abdul Bari alias Abu Hamza, a top terrorist belonging to Harkat-ul-Jihad Islami (HuJI), in Bangladesh has kept the media on tenterhooks with no official information coming from the police. Police Commissioner Balwinder Singh had on Sunday said he had no knowledge about the matter.

A Home Ministry official today said the state governments have been asked to tell their police force to keep a surveillance at religious places or places where there is a large crowd like at markets and shopping malls in view of tomorrow's Janmashtmi and Ganesh Chaturthi festival later this month.

Mathura, the birthplace of Lord Krishna, is under a tight police cover for the festivities since lakhs of devotees are expected to converge in the temple town tomorrow.

Police Commissioner Nanjil Kumaran told mediapersons in Chennai that a general alert has come from the Centre's Intelligence Bureau(IB) not only to the Tamil Nadu capital but to all the states

Hyderabad: In an attempt to obtain information on the twin blasts in Hyderabad, the police have decided to conduct narco-analysis test on two youths who are in jail in connection with the Mecca mosque explosion.

Kaleem and Ibrahim Khan have been taken to Bangalore and they will be subjected to the narco test in a couple of days.

The duo were among four persons nabbed in connection with the May 18, 2007 blast at the historic mosque in Hyderabad. Eleven persons had lost their lives. The police expect the duo can also provide vital inputs on the August 25 attack that killed 42 people at Lumbini Park and an eatery in Hyderabad. — PTI/TNS