New Delhi: Security agencies have launched operations to hunt down seven terrorists on the run after three of the 10 suspected Pakistani terrorists who allegedly entered Gujarat recently to carry out attacks on high-value targets were gunned down.
Top official sources said on Tuesday that three terrorists belonging to this group have been neutralised in a western state last Friday, before they could carry out any strike.
The group, suspected to mainly comprise Pakistani terrorists belonging to the LeT and JeM, had planned to attack the Somnath temple in Gujarat during Shivratri on March 7, besides other targets.
It is now being suspected that a few of the terrorists came from a third country, and not through the India-Pakistan border.
The location of the remaining seven terrorists has been zeroed down and operations are underway to neutralise them, the sources said. As the operation is still ongoing, security agencies were reluctant to give out more details.
The agencies had launched a manhunt and operations targeting them began immediately on receipt of the intelligence input about the infiltration. The Centre had dispatched four NSG teams to different locations in Gujarat.
An alert was sounded in Gujarat and all metros by the Central agencies following reports about the infiltration of the terrorists.
An advisory was also issued to enhance security at all strategic locations, sensitive industrial sites and religious places after intelligence inputs suggested that the terrorists had entered Gujarat via the sea.
