Karnataka on high alert after Hyderabad blast

Karnataka went into a state of high alert in the wake of the bomb explosion in a mosque in Hyderabad.

Karnataka’s Director General of Police K R Srinivasan told reporters that police has been directed to mount a vigil at places of worship at sensitive places in Bangalore, Mangalore, Hubli, Bidar and other communally sensitive towns in the State.

Police security has been beefed up at airport and other communally sensitive localities of Bangalore.

The district of Bidar in Karnataka, which is along Andhra Pradesh border and situated close to Hyderabad, has also been put on a state of high alert, police said.