India's tech hub should be divided into six special security zones and community policing introduced to make it a safer place, says a Karnataka government-appointed panel.

The task force has formulated its plan for a secure Bangalore in the backdrop of the Mumbai terror attacks. Also, the city saw around 20 murders last month alone. Cases of burglary have increased manifold.

The panel - ABIDe or Agenda for Bengaluru Infrastructure and Development Task Force - was set up in August last year.

"Bangalore has already come under terror attacks in the recent past. The crime graph in the city too is rising fast," said Rajeev Chandrashekhar, convenor of the task force.