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In wake of the recent terror blasts in Bangalore and Ahmedabad in India, Delhi Police have alerted operators of guesthouses, cyber cafes, telephone booths and taxi services to keep a register on their customers as a security measure ahead of Independence Day.

Installation of CCTVs is asked in cyber cafes, hotels and guesthouses while telephone booth operators will maintain a register to record the entry of every customer.

Owners of guesthouses and hotels were also asked not to allow their guests to use hotel address for getting a mobile connection, said a senior police officer.

Police have asked the operators to keep a watch on every customer and report about any suspicious people. Police instructed them not to allow the service to any one without proper identification.

The city police are also installing 34 CCTVs in crowded areas from August 10 to 15; the official said adding that high security personnel are deployed on the borders and in the city.

“The deployment of paramilitary personnel has already started. Personnel from BSF, CRPF and RAF will be on streets,” the official said telling about their preliminary preparation for security on the Independence Day.

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After recovery of 18 bombs and confiscated 2 explosives laden cars from Surat in the last two days, the scenario continued on the third day with discovery of 2 more bombs found in the Heera Bazaar and another on a treetop in the Kapodara area of Surat. Bombs were later defused successfully by the bomb disposal squad.

19th live bomb was found on the busy Varacha Road in the morning followed by next in the Prestige market shortly after Chief Minister Narendra Modi visited the diamond city.

After visiting the places from where live bombs were recovered, Modi said that terrorists were waging a proxy war against India and stressed on the need to unite as a country to fight the menace of terror.

Modi said,” the country needed to fight the “proxy war” being waged by terrorists.”

He announced a reward of Rs 51 lakh for information leading to the terrorists involved in the Ahmedabad serial blasts and the planting of bombs in Surat. He said with terrorists targeting cities like Bangalore, Ahmedabad, Jaipur, Mumbai and Hyderabad, it seemed that their intention was to cripple financial activities in the country.

Modi also announced rewards of Rs 21,000 each for those who gave information about live bombs and cars laden with explosives found from Surat and Ahmedabad on Sunday. Police said it was similar to the 18 found yesterday from in and around Varacha, where several diamond processing units are located.

The bombs planted in Surat had integrated circuits (IC), Deputy Director of Forensic Science Laboratories (FSL), Surat, S M Darji said. It was the first time when ICs are used in bombs.

25 teams of ATS have started their investigations into the Ahmedabad blasts. The Mumbai crime branch has also assured its assistance to the ATS teams investigating the blasts case.

Meanwhile, Harakat ul-Jihad-I-Islami (HuJI) has also claimed responsibility for the Ahmedabad blasts. Gujarati TV channel TV9 on Wednesday received a letter from HuJI in which they claimed responsibility for the blasts.

Earlier, it was reported that the Indian Mujahideen had also written e-mails to several media houses claiming responsibility of the blasts in Bangalore and Ahmedabad.

In the wake of rise in toll of recovery of bombs, strict security measures are being taken in the city.

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Three more live bombs are detected in Surat on Tuesday morning from the busy Varachha Road and Santoshi Nagar area. The bomb disposal squad has successfully defused two bombs. Earlier, One bomb was diffused in the city yesterday and two explosives-laden cars were also recovered on Sunday to add the panic.

According to the recent information, a sketch was issued by police in connection with the blast. Police is trying hard to find the person. Till now, police is failed to get any major information.

On Tuesday morning, first bomb was found at Varachha Road, near the Ladeshwar police station while two others were recovered from a market in Santosh Nagar. Surat police officials rushed to the site soon after receiving the information. Reportedly a detonator was planted in the area, which could have gone off causing minor damage to the surroundings.

Two of the bombs were defused while attempts are underway to defuse the third recovered in Santoshi Nagar.

Meanwhile, the police have given a clean chit to the American national who was suspected to be involved in Ahmedabad blasts. He is living in a flat in Navi Mumbai with his family as a tenant. His e-mail id was used to send the threat mail to television news channels minutes before the Ahmedabad serial blasts on Saturday. The clean chit was given after the police verified the American’s claims that his e-mail id and IP address had been hacked to send the threat mail.

3 Kashmiris have been picked up by police from a guest house in Mumbai’s Bhindi Bazaar to interrogate regarding the blasts.

The police will also interrogate an RTO officer in connection with the detention of three persons yesterday, who were traveling from Surendranagar to Surat in a car. The police had recovered Rs 85,000 in cash and British currency worth Rs 2 lakhs hidden beneath the seat of their car.

Enquiry and interrogation is going in connection with the blasts happened in recent days. Ahmedabad serial blast killed 49 people and left many injured while Bangalore serial blast killed two. All the blasts are of low intensity. India is under stress because of these blasts.

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