Two weeks after intelligence inputs were received that six Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) militants had entered Coimbatore, Commissioner of Police Sumit Sharan said on Wednesday that the law enforcement officials had not found any terrorists in the city so far.
Mr. Sharan said the police took preventive steps following the alert. “What they [intelligence agencies] are following up [on], I am not aware. We are doing our part,” he said.
The city police are currently maintaining a “normal level of alertness”, Mr. Sharan said.
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On August 22,
On the searches conducted by the National Investigation Agency on August 30, Mr. Sharan said they were not linked to the security alert.