BANGALORE: Taking a serious view of the disclosures made by the two Pakistani terrorists in Mysore about the targets of their attack such as Vikasa Soudha housing the State secretariat, Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy said on Friday that it was an eye-opener on how terrorists were spreading their tentacles in the country. He stressed the need for tight security around important buildings and busy places.

Mr. Kumaraswamy told presspersons that as a first step he had convened a high-level meeting of senior officials, including the police top brass on Saturday at Vidhana Soudha to discuss arrangements made to face the security threat posed by terrorists. He said that instructions had been given to senior police officers to provide security to important buildings in their jurisdictions.

Security for IT.in

The Chief Minister said the city police had been directed to post officers to the venue where the IT.in was on. He and Home Minister M.P. Prakash, who commended the Mysore police, particularly Commissioner Praveen Sood, for the success in nabbing the terrorists and their quality of intelligence, said this incident called for strengthening of the intelligence network and the anti-terrorists cell throughout the country and in the State.

Improved intelligence

Mr. Prakash said the Government had told the intelligence wing to improve its functioning following the attack on the Indian Institute of Science complex in which a scientist was killed by the terrorists early this year.

The improved intelligence had yielded results in nabbing Pakistani terrorists in Mysore.

Mr. Prakash declined to give further details because the interrogation of terrorists had not been over. Any disclosures at this stage might affect the investigation, he said.

Gang in Kerala

The Home Minister said this should open the eyes of developed world to declare Pakistan as a rogue State which was encouraging cross-border terrorism. He said the incriminating documents seized from terrorists in Mysore had indicated that they had links with their gang in Kerala too.

The terrorists, who had sneaked into the State, might surface any time and attack public places. Continuous vigilance was of utmost importance, he said.

He said that Karnataka, Bangalore in particular, was attracting world attention for the strides it had made in information technology, biotechnology and other sectors. The State was emerging strong economically, which could be the reason for making it as their attack.

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