New Delhi: External Affairs Ministry has asked Delhi Police to strengthen the security around the office of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) in New Delhi, a day after a right-wing group vandalised it prompting Pakistan to raise the issue with India.
"MEA has directed the police to beef up security near and around the PIA office," the ministry spokesperson said today.
Four members of Hindu Sena, a fringe group, vandalised the PIA office at Barakhamba Road. Police arrested one member of the group.
In a statement in Islamabad, the Pakistan Foreign Office had said,
"The PIA office in New Delhi was ransacked by a group of extremists. They caused damage to the property and also harassed and threatened the PIA staff."
"The Pakistan High Commission immediately took up the matter with the Ministry of External Affairs, asking them to provide adequate security to the PIA offices in New Delhi and Mumbai, as well as to take action against the miscreants," the statement said, adding that Indian government assured that all necessary steps will be taken for security of these offices.
The PIA office in New Delhi was vandalised in August 2013 too allegedly by a right-wing group in the wake of the death of an Indian soldier in a ceasefire violation by Pakistan forces along the Line of Control (LoC).
"MEA has directed the police to beef up security near and around the PIA office," the ministry spokesperson said today.
Four members of Hindu Sena, a fringe group, vandalised the PIA office at Barakhamba Road. Police arrested one member of the group.
"The PIA office in New Delhi was ransacked by a group of extremists. They caused damage to the property and also harassed and threatened the PIA staff."
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The PIA office in New Delhi was vandalised in August 2013 too allegedly by a right-wing group in the wake of the death of an Indian soldier in a ceasefire violation by Pakistan forces along the Line of Control (LoC).
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