26/11 anniversary: Antony asks three services to be alert

ANTONY-ALERT
New Delhi, Nov 20 (PTI) Indian Defence Minister A K
Antony Friday asked the three services to remain alert and
step up vigilance around the first anniversary of the 26/11
terror attacks.

Antony held a meeting to review the overall security
situation in India with the country's National Security
Adviser M K Narayanan, the three service chiefs Gen Deepak
Kapoor, Indian Air Chief Marshal P V Naik, Admiral Nirmal
Verma and the Defence Secretary Pradeep Kumar.
The Defence Minister reviewed the preparedness and
operational capabilities of the three services in the meeting
and asked them to remain alert and maintain enhanced vigilance
around the anniversary of the attacks.
Antony asked the Indian Navy, which is the overall
in-charge of coastal security and better its coordination with
Coast Guard and other agencies, to plug gaps in their
apparatus.
The recent developments in the 26/11 investigations
are also understood to have been discussed during the meeting,
which lasted for two hours.
Coastal security has been the main focus area for the
government after the terror attacks, as the terrorists had
used the sea route to infiltrate into the metropolis and
carry out attacks on multiple targets, killing over 170 people
in India's commercial hub of Mumbai. PTI AJD
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