Taj hotel security beefed up after Lashkar threat

Mumbai, June 30

Security was beefed up at the Taj group of hotels’ properties in Mumbai on Tuesday after a caller threatened to carry out terror attacks at the Taj hotel near the Gateway of India. The police said the phone call from Pakistan was received shortly after Monday midnight. The caller who called up the board of Taj hotel said the Lashkar-e-Toiba would carry out a terror attack at the hotel. The police said though nothing suspicious was found at the hotel, security had been tightened.

Apart from Taj Mahal Palace and Hotel at the Gateway, security has been enhanced at Taj Land’s End in suburban Bandra. The hotel located near the Gateway of India was targetted by terrorists in 2008.TNS