NEW DELHI: Government has received inputs about terrorists' plans to carry out a 9/11-type aerial attack on targets in India, Air chief Fali Homi Major said on Thursday, PTI reported.
"This (report about terrorists carrying out possible aerial attacks) is based on a warning, which has been received (by the government) and we are prepared as usual," Major told reporters after laying a wreath at Amar Jawan Jyoti at India Gate on the occasion of Navy Day.
He said the issue was discussed during the meeting of three service chiefs with defence minister A K Antony yesterday at South Block.
"The issue was discussed in yesterday's meeting," he said.
After receiving inputs from intelligence agencies about possible aerial strikes by terrorists, airports in Delhi, Bangalore and Chennai were put on high alert last night as the reports suggested that terrorists could have sneaked into India to carry out strikes on the anniversary of the demolition of the Babri Masjid.
Defence minister A K Antony had also yesterday warned the armed forces about the possibility of terror attacks from airborne platforms similar to the 9/11 attacks in the US.
In the meeting, Antony called for greater coordination among security and intelligence agencies so as to make the intelligence inputs actionable.
Antony wanted tightening of vigil along India's coastal, land and aerial frontiers to prevent terror attacks in future.
Email threat to airports
LAHORE: The Deccan Mujahideen group that claimed responsibility for last week's terror attacks in Mumbai, has now threatened to attack the New Delhi, Bangalore and Chennai airports between December 3 and 7, ANI reported.
According to a Daily Times report, the threat was given through an e-mail sent from Saudi Arabia and received by Indira Gandhi Airport officials.
Security at all the Indian airports was put on high alert after the e-mail.
Earlier, on November 26, the little known group had claimed responsibility for the deadly Mumbai attacks that left almost 200 people dead.
Most spy agencies around the world are reportedly clueless about the antecedents of the Deccan Mujahideen, which has claimed responsibility for the planned and synchronized terror strikes in Mumbai.
"Initially we saw violence in India imported from outside - with allegations of Pakistani government support - but now we are seeing new, homegrown groups," CBS quoted Nigel Inkster, director of Transnational Threats at the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London, as saying last week.
Source: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Air_chief_confirms_aerial_attack_threat/articleshow/3791511.cms
"This (report about terrorists carrying out possible aerial attacks) is based on a warning, which has been received (by the government) and we are prepared as usual," Major told reporters after laying a wreath at Amar Jawan Jyoti at India Gate on the occasion of Navy Day.
He said the issue was discussed during the meeting of three service chiefs with defence minister A K Antony yesterday at South Block.
"The issue was discussed in yesterday's meeting," he said.
After receiving inputs from intelligence agencies about possible aerial strikes by terrorists, airports in Delhi, Bangalore and Chennai were put on high alert last night as the reports suggested that terrorists could have sneaked into India to carry out strikes on the anniversary of the demolition of the Babri Masjid.
Defence minister A K Antony had also yesterday warned the armed forces about the possibility of terror attacks from airborne platforms similar to the 9/11 attacks in the US.
In the meeting, Antony called for greater coordination among security and intelligence agencies so as to make the intelligence inputs actionable.
Antony wanted tightening of vigil along India's coastal, land and aerial frontiers to prevent terror attacks in future.
Email threat to airports
LAHORE: The Deccan Mujahideen group that claimed responsibility for last week's terror attacks in Mumbai, has now threatened to attack the New Delhi, Bangalore and Chennai airports between December 3 and 7, ANI reported.
According to a Daily Times report, the threat was given through an e-mail sent from Saudi Arabia and received by Indira Gandhi Airport officials.
Security at all the Indian airports was put on high alert after the e-mail.
Earlier, on November 26, the little known group had claimed responsibility for the deadly Mumbai attacks that left almost 200 people dead.
Most spy agencies around the world are reportedly clueless about the antecedents of the Deccan Mujahideen, which has claimed responsibility for the planned and synchronized terror strikes in Mumbai.
"Initially we saw violence in India imported from outside - with allegations of Pakistani government support - but now we are seeing new, homegrown groups," CBS quoted Nigel Inkster, director of Transnational Threats at the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London, as saying last week.
Source: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Air_chief_confirms_aerial_attack_threat/articleshow/3791511.cms
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