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Terror strikes Ajmer dargah

October 10, 2007
A high alert was sounded across Rajasthan and security at all religious places enhanced in the wake of terror attack at the dargah, Kanhaiya Lal said.

Police was asked to deploy armed men at railway stations, airports, bus stops and the state secretariat, he said.

Union Home Secretary Madhukar Gupta told reporters in Delhi that all states to intensify vigil in view of the forthcoming festive season in the wake of the blast.

Security had already been stepped up at key shrines across the country following the Mecca Masjid blast in Hyderabad in May this year.

With major Hindu and Muslim festivals round the corner starting with Eid-ul-Fitr, Gupta asked the states to maintain communal peace and harmony.

Image: Security personnel look for clues to the blast inside the dargah.

Photograph: STRDEL/AFP/Getty Images

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