Besides district police, officials of intelligence wing of the state police have been asked to keep a close surveillance on movement of people coming to India from Nepal. Border police outposts (BoPs) along Indo-Nepal Border have been put on maximum alert and asked to check transborder activities.Madhubani shares its border with Nepal and terrorists may use the porous border to sneak into Indian territory from Nepal, sources in the state police headquarters said.Security arrangements have been tightened around tourist spots like Bodh Gaya, Rajgir, Vaishali, Takhta Shri Harimandir Sahib (Patna Sahib), Hanuman temple near Patna junction and other places.Senior officials of Sashatra Seema Bal (SSB), which has been assigned to guard the porous Indo-Nepal border, held a meeting with their counterparts in Nepal to thwart sinister design, if any, orchestrated by terror groups or gangs involved in trans-border activities.Prime Minister’s office (PMO) has also issued advisory to the Bihar government on the Prime Minister’s visit to Madhubani on April 24.The PMO has restricted felicitation programme during the PM’s one-day visit to Bihar due to the Pahalgam incident. PM is learnt to have cancelled his Kanpur visit.
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