Daijiworld Media Network - Mangalore (RS/SB)
 
Mangalore, Feb 14: The security in the city has been beefed up on Sunday February 14 with police vigilance in sensitive areas being tightened following Saturday’s bomb blast incident in Pune.

The police are checking the vehicles at every entry points into the city. As per police sources, the city is on high alert. The high alert has been sounded with the region being closely linked to terrorism activities after an incident of allegedly providing shelter to terrorist came to the fore last year.
 
Inspector general of police (western range) Gopal Hosur said that in the backdrop of Pune blast, the city and surrounding stations are informed by the higher authorities to be on high alert. Possible link to the coastal district in connection to blast too cannot be ruled out altogether, he said.

Luxury hotels have been alerted to keep a check on the visitors and also tight police vigil is being maintained. Police are also on a look out for any kind of suspicious activities in the sensitive areas. Police patrolling too has been heightened.

The police in the region have kept the situation under control by clamping three-day prohibitory orders in the sensitive areas such as Ullal and Suratkal, which witnessed communal violence just recently.