Lashkar threat to Azad, Bhagwat

With intelligence agencies giving inputs that Union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad and RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat could be the target of Lashkar-e-Toiba, the Centre has asked all states to take special security precautions when the two leading figures visit their region.

With intelligence agencies giving inputs that Union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad and RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat could be the target of Lashkar-e-Toiba, the Centre has asked all states to take special security precautions when the two leading figures visit their region.

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Home Ministry sources said the Centre has informed that Azad, a former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister, and Bhagwat are in the hit list of the Pakistan-based terror outfit and they could be targeted by the militants anywhere in the country.

Both Azad and Bhagwat enjoy Z-plus security with the former being accorded with the elite Black Cat commando protection with bullet-proof car.

The Centre told the states that proper sensitisation should be carried out when Azad and Bhagwat visit.