Dressed as fishermen, Lashkar operatives will strike during Gujarat polls: IB

A 26/11 styled attack is being plotted in Gujarat by Pakistan's Lashkar-e-Tayiba ahead of the elections, the Intelligence Bureau said in a report. The report warns that the Lashkar-e-Tayiba will try and target election rallies and also attempt to disrupt communal harmony ahead of the Gujarat Assembly Elections 2017.

With the IB issuing the warning, security has been stepped up and there is a high-alert on the seas as well. The IB says that with several high-profile campaigns scheduled, terrorists would look to launch an attack.

The IB says that the Lashkar-e-Tayiba will try and send in its men through the seas like was seen in the case of the Mumbai 26/11 attack.



The security personnel manning the maritime areas in Gujarat have been told to be high alert.

Terrorists may slip in as fishermen, the IB also warns. They would try and slip in following which their local contacts may try and supply the ammunition for the attack to the them, the warning further states.

There is a great deal of activity on the waters since the past few months, the IB warns.

70 boats have been seized and 400 fishermen from Pakistan have been arrested in 2017 alone. There is a need to check every boat that is coming in from Pakistan and the maritime security should not take any chances, the Intelligence Bureau has also warned.