Agra : The Taj Mahal, Indias famous ode to love, faces renewed threats from terrorists, prompting police here to beef up security arrangements around Indias most important tourist destination.
The recent security review necessitated enhancement of security all around the Taj Mahal, Agra Senior Superintendent of Police Dipesh Juneja said.
The security review of the monument was a routine affair and this time intelligence inputs indicated a renewed militant threat to the monument.
We have already deployed additional cops at various strategic points around the monument this week, and we are drawing up a fresh plan for laying a beefed-up security net around the periphery of the monument, Juneja told IANS.
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