Terror Shadow In Odisha As Suspected Man Flees Bhubaneswar Hotel

A suspected terrorist fled from a hotel in Odisha's Bhubaneswar today minutes before a police raid, sources told NDTV.

Police sources said they had a tip-off regarding foreign nationals who were planning to stay at a budget hotel near the railway station.

But when a man came to do the booking and the hotel authorities asked for identification, he fled, sources said.

According to rules, guests are required to show identification before they check into a hotel.

The men, the sources said, had come in a car having a Delhi registration.

There is a nationwide high alert on the occasion of the Republic Day after security agencies claimed there was a "very real" threat from the terror group ISIS.

Over the weekend, 14 suspected ISIS affiliates and sympathisers were arrested from different parts of the country.

The chief guest for this year's Republic Day is Francois Hollande, the president of France, where ISIS carried out devastating terror attacks last year.