Amritsar, August 11

In the wake of security concerns after drone activity in the border area, Punjab DGP Dinkar Gupta visited on Wednesday the city and conducted a meeting with the senior police officials to review the security arrangements here.

After the recovery of the tiffin carrying IED explosive from Daleke village of Amritsar, the senior police officials are ensuring tight security arrangements for the Independence Day function. A high alert had already been sounded across the state.

Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh is also scheduled to hoist the Tricolour in the city on August 15. The security agencies are on high alert following the inputs of cross-border drone activities to create trouble in the state. The DGP met the senior police official and reviewed the security arrangements in the city as well as rural areas especially villages alongside the Indo-Pak border. — TNS