Hyderabad: An alert was sounded on Thursday in the city following inputs from Intelligence Bureau (IB) that three terrorists have entered in the country and are planning to strike important cities of south India.
Security has been beefed up at major hospitals and crowded places including railway and bus stations in the city, City Police Commissioner B Prasada Rao said.
The police have already taken up checking and frisking operations in different localities in the city here in view of the IB inputs, he said.
Urging people to inform the police if they found any suspicious stranger not able to speak native language, the Commissioner issued instructions to the policemen to be vigilant.
Rao also requested owners of the lodges and hotels to keep a watch on the movement of their customers and ascertain their identity.
Three terrorists, in the age group of 30 years, have entered the country and planning to strike in south Indian cities, according to IB sources.