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Summary Security was beefed up in Wagah border area an alarm that terrorists were planning to strike.
Security was beefed up in Wagah border area after Pakistan raised an alarm that Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) and Taliban terrorists were planning to strike owing to the growing trade between the two nations.Pakistan has alerted that the terrorists have threatened to blow up the Integrated Check Post (ICP) on its side in an attempt to derail improving trade ties between India and Pakistan. Pakistan received a letter from LeT that contained information about attacking the ICP.The Punjab Police and the Border Security Force (BSF) have deployed additional forces soon after receiving the information. Fire tenders and an ambulance have also been placed in the area.The BSF however believes that there was no reason to worry as it called it a move to jeopardise Indo-Pak relations and prevent free trade between the two countries.The Amritsar SP said, We received information from ICP Attari that LeT and Taliban are planning to attack the Indian side of ICP. They do not want the relationship between India and Pakistan to improve. Due to this we have deployed adequate security personnel in the region. We have brought in the quick reaction team as well. We had a meeting with the BSFs head to upgrade security arrangements in the region. There are ambulance and fire tenders.The threat comes at a time when India has allowed foreign direct investment (FDI) from Pakistan and was considering opening up more trading points. However, this is not the first time that Pakistan has issued such an alert.About a-year-and-a-half ago a similar alert had been issued. Pakistan then, it is learnt, feared an attack from the Tehereek-e-Taliban Pakistan. However, that threat for the Wagah check and trading point did not materialise.
