Ahmedabad, other airports put on alert(video)

New Delhi, 21 July 2013

Based on intercepts, Intelligence agencies today issued fresh warning to several airports including Ahmedabad airport against potential terror attack. The airports at Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Guwahati and Ahmedabad have been put on terror alert. The alert says terrorists may also hijack planes from small airstrips. Following this, authorities are stepping up security at these airstrips. It is also feared that the attackers could even use new forms of explosives. Last year Ahmedabad, Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and Bangalore airports were put on alert to watch out for human bombs. In August 2011, security alert was issued in 12 major airports after IB inputs of impending terror attacks.