Hours before summit, VOIP call sparks security scare
NEW DELHI: A few hours ahead of the meeting of the prime ministers of India and Pakistan, the security establishment was in a tizzy over a possible terror threat to the PM.
On Tuesday evening, the SPG, NSG and other security agencies went into an overdrive when they were prompted by a phone call received at a shop in Ahmedabad that warned that the Prime Minister would be attacked. Which of the two would be the target and which group was behind it was not clear.
The shop owner immediately alerted the police, which established that the call couldn't be ruled out as a hoax. What forced the police to take it seriously was the fact that the call came through VOIP ( voice over internet protocol), and not from a mobile or landline number. More importantly, they also suspected that the call was actually meant for a government installation and may have mistakenly gone to the shop.
The Gujarat police alerted central agencies, which began their investigations. Sources said they couldn't rule out the threat as a hoax since there were several indicators to take it seriously. "It is possible that someone was pulling a prank, but there was some amount of planning and strategy," an official said.
The PM's security detail was immediately briefed about the input. Though the multi-layered security cover at Mohali and the PM's routine security are both geared to provide foolproof protection against any possible attack, the entire establishment stepped up its discreet monitoring. On the eve of the much anticipated meeting and cricket match, government was in no mood to kick up any security fears so extra care was taken to ensure the terror threat remained below media radar.
This was the first terror alert which was directly targeted towards the Mohali match and events surrounding it. Until Tuesday evening, there was no specific terror threat to the India-Pakistan match though there were warnings of a possible plot to target the World Cup.
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