New Delhi: Cities and towns across the country were put under tight security after a series of bomb explosions in Delhi killed 20 people and injured over a hundred.
The Union Home Ministry issued an advisory to all states and union territories asking them to step up security at public places, particularly airports, railway stations and markets.
Security in Maharashtra, which is already in a state of high alert, for the final day of Ganeshotsav on Sunday, has been increased as lakhs of people are expected to take part in the immersion of Ganesha idols.
The Madhya Pradesh government sounded high alert in the state and suspended night shows in all cinema houses. The state is known to be a stronghold of the banned Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI), believed to be behind the Indian Mujaheedin that has claimed the responsibility for the Delhi, Ahmedabad and Bangalore bombings.
Ahmedabad, which was rocked by serial blasts which left 55 people dead on July 26, and the diamond city of Vadodara where several live bombs were recovered were also put on high alert.
In Hyderabad, which too borne the brunt of terror attacks, about 26,000 police personnel, including armed police and Rapid Action Force, would be deployed as part of security arrangements, particularly in view of immersion of Ganesha idols tomorrow.
Police have been asked to be extra vigilant in railway stations, airports, bus terminuses, markets and all public places across West Bengal, Orissa, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh.
Vehicles were checked in Gurgaon, Faridabad and other Haryana towns bordering Delhi.
Security was further strengthened in Tamil Nadu where police claimed to have busted a terror module in July soon after Ahmedabad blasts.
Police scaled up security in Bangalore, where the entire top BJP leadership has been attending the party's national executive meeting.
(With inputs from PTI and IANS)
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