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Amid threats from Pakistan-based militant outfits, the toughest-ever security arrangements are being put in place to ensure a trouble-free Independence Day.
Anti-aircraft guns are being readied and deployed at various strategic points to protect the Red Fort, the venue for the function, from any aerial attack.
Sharp shooters and elite commandos of the National Security Guards will guard vantage positions all along the parade route as also around the historic Red Fort from whose ramparts Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee will be hoisting the national flag and address the nation.
The government has installed air defence guns in and around the capital. These guns will respond to danger signals from radars installed at strategic places.
Security agencies have also intercepted certain messages suggesting that militants belonging to Lashkar-e-Tayiba, Harkat-ul-Mujahideen and Jaish-e-Mohammed are planning to carry out some suicide attacks at important installations and against VVIPs, informed sources said.
Interestingly, Directorate of Revenue Intelligence has intercepted a message of Lashkar-e-Tayiba suggesting that the cadres of the outfit would be targeting the Reserve Bank of India. Following this, security around the building has been further beefed up.
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