Alert sounded on suicide bombers in Patna

The Intelligence Bureau, based on intercepts that were picked up from across the border,  has sounded off an alert stating that trained Taliban militants have slipped into Bihar and Kolkata.

Sources told rediff.com that letters pertaining to the same have been sent to the security agencies concerned and they have been directed to remain on high alert. Based on a tip-off, security has been heightened in these places and especially at vital installations.

The IB says that Taliban fighters have been constantly working on plans to strike at India. Taliban militants were sent to Ilyas Kashmiri of the Al-Qaeda's 313 brigade for training. Kashmiri, too, had claimed that he was training several fidayeens for a strike in India. He had also reportedly claimed that the strike would be deadlier than the Mumbai attack.