No terror during Obama India trip, US warns Pak

WASHINGTON: Ahead of President Barack Obama's India
visit, the US has asked Pakistan to ensure that there is
no cross-border terror incident during the trip and
subtly warned of "consequences" if any such attack is
traced back to the country.
Obama will travel to New Delhi later this week to attend
the Republic Day parade on January 26, the first US
president to do so.
The US and Indian security agencies are taking extra
care for Obama as he will be on an open air platform at
Rajpath for more than two hours, witnessing the parade.
The warning has been issued keeping the track record of
Pakistan-based militant groups that have carried out
attacks in India coinciding with high-profile visits from
the US. Militants had shot dead 36 Sikhs in March 20,
2000, in Anantnag district in Kashmir, coinciding with
the visit of the then US President Bill Clinton to India.
The US forces in Afghanistan are also keeping a close
eye on the activities of the terrorist groups in the
region.
The US embassy in Pakistan too has been alerted. Ahead
of the presidential trip, there is an unprecedented level
of intelligence sharing between India and the US.
At least 10,000 paramilitary troops will be deployed
along with the 80,000-strong Delhi police to ensure
fool-proof security in and around Rajpath. A seven-layer
security ring will be thrown around the VVIP enclosure
at the venue and the airspace over the area would be
monitored by a radar to be specially set up. This will
form part of the ground-to-air security drill that will turn
the national capital into an impregnable fortress during
Obama's visit.
Courtesy: timesofindia news
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