The Government on Wednesday said that it is taking adequate precaution to safeguard National Defence College in the wake of revelations that it was one of the planned target of terror groups including Lashkar-e-Taoba. The Minsiter of State for Defence Mr.M.Pallam Raju while talking to reporters in New Delhi, said that measures like coordinating intelligence sharing and information gathering are being taken to prevent recurrence of 26/11 type of attacks in future. He said that Multi Access Centers functioning both at central and state levels have been strengthened for this purpose. AIR Correspondent adds that National Defence College Trains selected senior Defence and Civil Service Offices in national and international security related fields.<br/><br/>David Coleman Headley and Tahawwur Hussain Rana arrested last month by the FBI were planning to attack the National Defence College in New Delhi. Federal prosecutors have said in Washington that they were also part of a Pak-based terror outfit Lashkat-e-Toiba's plan of a major terror attack on the facilities of a Danish newspaper. Opposing the bail application of Rana before a Chicago court on Tuesday, attorneys from the US Department of Justice said, he is a danger to the community and might leave the country, if released. Rana faces a maximum sentence of 30 years, if proved guilty. Pakistani-born Canadian citizen and a resident of Chicago, Rana was arrested by the FBI on terror charges along with his school friend Headley, a US citizen, who was also arrested on the charges of plotting attacks in Denmark and India. Headley's bail plea is scheduled for December. In its amended complaint filed before the Chicago Court last month, the FBI said, Rana and Headley had discussed and named multiple targets of their planning in their conversation on 7th of September. The conversation indicates that the LeT was giving priority to its attack on the National Defence College in New Delhi over the other targets, including the facilities of the Danish newspaper, which had published a cartoon of the Prophet Mohammad.
News On AIR | November 4, 2009 2:27 PM
‘FBI unearths terror plot to attack National Defence College in Delhi