U'khand CM receives anonymous call threatening to blow up Har Ki Pauri ghat

Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat has received a call threatening to blast Haridwar's Har Ki Pauri. The phone call was attended by the chief minister's protocol officer Anand Singh Rawat.

Dehradun (Uttarkhand): Security has been tightened around the famous Har Ki Pauri ghat in Haridwar after an anonymous caller on the mobile phone of Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat threatened to blow it up.

Haridwar SSP Senthil Avoodai Krishna Raj said an anonymous caller rang up the chief minister on his mobile phone at around 3.30 pm on November 9 and made the threat.

The phone was received by the chief minister's protocol officer Anand Singh Rawat, he said.

On the basis of a written complaint lodged by the protocol officer on Sunday, a case has been registered and an investigation launched, the SSP said, adding security has been tightened around Har Ki Pauri ghat while more police personnel have been deployed at Haridwar railway station and bus stand.

Passengers at the railway station and bus stand are being checked round the clock, he said.

People at Har Ki Pauri and adjoining ghats are also being checked by police personnel, and a tab is being kept on any suspicious activity, the official said.