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Arabic pamphlet in Britain-Goa flight triggers
alarm
Wednesday December 07, 2011 09:41:19 AM,
IANS
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Panaji:
A pamphlet published in Arabic found Tuesday in a chartered plane
which flew from Manchester airport in Britain to Goa has triggered
a security alarm here.
The alert comes less than two weeks before Prime Minister Mamohan
Singh's visit to Goa and a day after the state government formally
announced that there was specific intelligence input about a
possible terror strike in Goa.
While officials are completely tight-lipped about the incident,
sources in the Airports Authority of India, Goa, said the pamphlet
was found by the crew of the Manchester-Goa chartered flight which
was carrying 219 passengers, most of whom were tourists from
Britain on a two-week holiday to Goa.
"The pamphlet which is in Arabic was found in the aisle after the
passengers exited and the crew were readying for a return
journey," sources said. The contents of the pamphlet are not clear
yet, with no official commenting on the nature of the writing on
it.
After a formal statement on terror threat was issued by the state
government Monday, Home Minister Ravi Naik confirmed a specific
terror input on Goa Tuesday.
Naik also said that two platoons of central security personnel had
reached Goa to guard the beaches, places of historic interest and
other vital installations.
The prime minister is like to visit the state Dec 18 in order to
participate in the celebrations of Goa's 50th anniversary of
liberation from the Portuguese rule.
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