Security up in Old City Area

Hyderabad, May 18 : Though the police had arrested Viquaruddin and some of his associates who carried out attacks on policemen in the last two years in the city, the Hyderabad Police have sounded a high alert and stepped up security in the Old city Area in view of the fourth anniversary of the bomb blast at the historic Mecca Masjid, today.Security has been tightened at the mosque, Charminar, monuments, places of worship and other public places in the Old City Area and patrolling intensified in and around Old City.There is no major threat this year as extremist Viquaruddin Ahmed alias Viqar and his associates who killed policemen are already behind bars, a senior police officer said adding the city police were on high alert for the past two days at Old city.Viqar and his associates had targeted policemen on duty on two consecutive anniversaries of the Mecca Masjid Blast by allegedly killing two policemen and injuring two others since December 2008. ''All precautionary steps had been taken to prevent any untoward incident besides checking all vehicles passing through Old City and monitoring the entire activities at the Old city by Task Forces, the senior officer added.
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