Close on the heels of the terror alert last month, Goa Police on April 3, received another alert sounded by the Intelligence Bureau over the movement of three Pakistani extremists along with their Kashmiri handler in a grey Swift DZire car from South Kashmir towards New Delhi.
The prime targets of these extremists are suspected to be Goa, Delhi and Mumbai.
The inputs were reportedly passed on to security agencies in Delhi, Jammu and Kashmir, Haryana and Punjab asking them to look out for the car.
It has been learnt that the four persons are heavily armed and are also in possession of a suicide belt.
As per the inputs received by Goa police, a Maruti Swift Dzire car is supposed to have been used by these suspects to travel from the Valley to New Delhi.
These extremists were reportedly holed up in Kulgam or Avantipora on their way to crossing the Banihal tunnel sometime in the night.
Latest disclosures also have it that owing to the heightened security along the Jammu-Pathankot belt post the Pathankot attacks, these elements could not enter India from their bases in Pakistan. As a result, they were forced to trudge through the Valley for a successful entry into the country.
There had been several threats received in last couple of months. Goa was placed on high alert along with Delhi, Gujarat and Jammu and Kashmir, after police received inputs that 10 suspected LeT (Lashkar-e-Taiba) and JeM (Jaish-e-Mohammed) militants had entered India from Pakistan, last month.
Meanwhile, senior officers from Goa Police admitted receiving the inputs and claimed that they were fully prepared to handle the situation.
The outgoing DGP TN Mohan at his farewell ceremony had, however, lamented about the anti-terrorism squad of Goa being ill-equipped.
