High alert in Bangalore

A high alert has been sounded in Bangalore in the wake of the twin bomb blasts in Hyderabad claiming 43 lives and injuring more than 60 others.

Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy, who is touring northern parts of the State, spoke to Home Minister M P Prakash and reviewed the situation in the State after blasts rocked the neighbouring state.

Kumaraswamy has condemned the blasts in Hyderabad and directed Director General of Karnataka Police K R Srinivasan to step up security in Bangalore and other sensitive parts of the State.

Additional Commissioner of Bangalore City Police (Law and Order) Bipin Gopalakrishna told reporters that patrolling had been intensified and security tightened at vital installations, Information Technology and Bio Technology companies, airport, railway stations and bus stands in Bangalore. A vigil will be mounted in vulnerable areas of the City, he added.

Gopalakrishna also said that the police had been directed to screen all suspicious people and their vehicles. “The police has been directed to look for any unattended or abandoned articles on roads and in public places”, he said.