Parliament security tightens after hoax call

New Delhi, A tight security ring was thrown around the Parliament House here on Wednesday following a tip-off that four persons were seen moving in a suspicious manner, some distance away from the complex and were likely to target it. The four, who were intercepted, picked up and questioned on the basis of an anonymous telephone call, were found to be members of a family engaged in travel business. They were later let off, the police said.


With memories of last year`s Parliament attack still fresh, the security agencies swung into action and sealed the main gates of the complex.


The three-tier security was activated following the information given by the Police Control Room at 1140 hours, the sources said.


Later, police intercepted the car in which the four persons were travelling on the Ranjit Singh flyover on Barakhamba Road in the busy business district and took them to the Connaught Place police station.

Following joint interrogation by the police and intelligence teams, all the four were found to be members of the same family engaged in arranging tours for Haj pilgrims.

All the four, who were residents of Ghaziabad, were later let off.

Police suspect the anonymous caller to be ill-disposed towards the four and were in the process of tracking down the man who informed the police control room that the suspects were moving from Lakshmi Nagar towards ITO. Bureau Report