High alert in Madhya Pradesh after Lashkar letter threatens to blow up Ujjain Mahakal temple amid the Assembly elections

A high alert has been sounded in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Gujarat on Saturday after a letter allegedly from the terror outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba threatened to blow up Ujjain Mahakal Temple and several railway and bus stations on October 20 and November 9 respectively.

No such incident has been reported as of today in any of the places mentioned in the letter, but the police are not leaving any stone unturned as high risk is involved. A senior intelligence official said that they are taking the necessary precautions, and all officials who are concerned with the matter have been informed.

Informing the officers and administration about the threat, the Special Branch of the Madhya Pradesh police asked the deputy inspector generals of police of Indore and Bhopal, all district superintendents of police, and superintendents of police (railway) to increase security at railway stations, bus stands and places of worship.

The transcribed danger letter supposedly from Maulvi Abu Sheik, region authority of Lashkar-e-Taiba in Pakistan's Rawalpindi, was received on September 29 at the workplace of railroad station administrator, Jaipur. Debilitating vengeance for the passings of all jihadis, it stated: "This time we will celebrate Dussehra and Diwali with bombs."

Among different spots, the dread outfit undermined to explode the Bhopal, Gwalior, Jabalpur and Katni railroad stations in Madhya Pradesh and Jaipur rail route station and transport stations at a few different places in Rajasthan, on October 20. They likewise undermined to bomb the Mahakal temple and Sai temple in Ujjain, and the state assembly elections are also approaching amidst the festival celebrations are on.

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