New Delhi:
Amid rising concerns over security arrangements for next month's Commonwealth Games in New Delhi, Home Minister P Chidambaram on Thursday took stock of the security arrangements by various agencies.
He met representatives of 20 security agencies.
The meeting followed a warning by a top US counter-terrorism official that the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi will be an "appealing target" for Pakistan-based terror group LeT due to its political and economic significance for India.
"We are concerned that next month's Commonwealth Games in New Delhi will be an appealing target for Lashkar-e-Toiba due to their political and economic significance for India," said Michael Leiter, the Director of the US National Counter-terrorism Centre.
The Games in New Delhi threaten to become a national embarrassment with several top athletes already pulling out due to security concerns and some more adopting a wait-and-watch policy before taking a final call.
Two archers -- Kevin Tataryn and Dietmar Trillus -- have become the first Canadian athletes to pull out of the Commonwealth Games in Delhi, citing health and safety concerns.
Australian world discus champion Dani Samuels also pulled out of the CWG on Tuesday citing security and health concerns.
Meanwhile the Delhi Police Commissioner Y S Dadwal has said that the security arrangement for games is full proof.
The Police Commissioner also dismissed the sting operation conducted by a foreign channel, exposing security lapses, as bogus.
Talking about the Jama Masjid firing incident Dadwal maintained that the incident will have no bearing on the games.
"I assure everyone that all possible security arrangement have been made for games," said Dadwal.