'War level' security in India
2008-11-30 22:50
Bappa Majumdar
New Delhi - India will increase security in
the country and on its borders to a "war level" in the wake of
the deadly attacks in Mumbai that killed nearly 200 people, a
government minister said on Sunday.
"Our intelligence will be increased to a war level, we are
asking the state governments to increase security to a war
level," Sriprakash Jaiswal, India's minister for state for home affairs, told Reuters in an interview.
India said on Sunday it had proof of a Pakistani link to
the Mumbai attacks, while officials in Islamabad said it would
move troops to the Indian border if tensions between the
nuclear-armed rivals spilled over.
"They can say what they want, but we have no doubt that the
terrorists had come from Pakistan," Jaiswal said.
India has already boosted coastal security with the Indian
Navy and the coast guard carrying out coordination patrols.
The Mumbai attackers are said to have come to the city by
sea from the Pakistani port of Karachi, according to security
officials.
They have said they were from the Lashkar-e-Taiba a
Pakistan-based group that has been blamed for previous attacks
in India.
"We have evidence of their nationalities. We will reveal
everything soon," Jaiswal added.
- Reuters