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Security tightened in buildings, markets in Delhi ahead of the festival
Updated On: 20 October, 2019 01:50 PM IST | | IANS
Buildings like the Prime Minister's Office, Sena Bhavan, Parliament House, Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi district are always in the sensitive category, but now markets like Connaught Place and Khan Market have been added to the list
Police stations across the city have been asked to keep their gates locked with a sentry posted there round the clock. Picture/IANS
An alert has been sounded and security has been beefed up in Delhi with Pakistan-based terror group Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) planning to target more than 400 sensitive buildings and markets in the national capital ahead of Diwali.
A Delhi Police official told IANS, "Rohini, North-East, North-West, North, East, Central, New Delhi, and Dwarka -- eight of the 15 districts in Delhi are considered sensitive."
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