Uran (Mumbai) terror alert: Kids who spotted suspicious men quizzed, search ops on

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HIGHLIGHTS

• Schoolchildren who reported seeing armed men are being questioned
• Home Ministry have urged citizens not to do any rumour mongering
• All local schools in Uran closed for a day.

 

NAVI MUMBAI: Two Uran based schoolchildren — a girl studying in tenth standard, and a boy of ninth standard — are being questioned by the police and intelligence officials at Uran with regards to the high terror alert in this township, about 50km away from Mumbai. 

Both the students from the same school had separately seen suspicious looking men+ near the Uran bus depot between 6.30am and 6.45am on Thursday. 

While the school kids are being questioned at the Uran police station, mediapersons are so far not allowed to talk to or interview the minors.The Navi Mumbai commissioner of police, Hemant Nagrale, is also in Uran to assist with the investigations. The marine commandos (MARCOS) of the Indian Navy have also been deployed to the Karanja naval base on account of this terror alert.

 

 

While there is a heavy police arrangement at Uran since morning, Mumbai police has also increased security along the southern coast of Colaba and Gateway of India, since it hardly take about 40 minutes by sea to go from Uran to Mumbai.

 

 

 

Officials from the Union Home Ministry have urged citizens not to do any rumour mongering and fully cooperate with the police and other security forces.

 

 

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Meanwhile, police have also asked all local residents and office goers at JNPT (Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust) not to venture outside for the time being, till the search and investigations are on. Locals at neighbouring Nhava Sheva have also messaged on a Whatsapp group that they are not being allowed to go out to even buy grocery by the on-duty cops due to the high alert.

 

All the local schools have been closed for the day in Uran.

 

 

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Navy On Highest Alert After School Students Spot Men With Guns In Uran Near Mumbai

MUMBAI: 

HIGHLIGHTS

1. Schoolchildren say they saw men dressed in black, carrying arms
2. The five men were seen near Navy ammunition dump in Uran
3. Navy alerted after students reported the men to school authorities

 

 The Navy is on the highest level of alert after two school students in the coastal town of Uran near Mumbai reported that they had seen masked men with guns.

One of the students claimed to have spotted one man. The other reported having seen five men dressed in black around 7 am, carrying back-packs and "speaking a different language", near an ammunition storage facility of the naval base in Uran. The second student also claimed to have overheard the men saying "ONGC" and "school".

The men were in "Pathan suits", the students reportedly told their school principal.  The school informed the police.

The Navy, sources say, is treating the information very seriously as the students are "old enough" and has launched efforts to secure all bases. "We cannot overlook anything at this point," a senior officer said. All air force units in Mumbai are also on high alert.

 

 

 

The police, Maharashtra's anti-terror squad or ATS and the navy are all involved in a massive multi-agency search operation. "No person has been located or apprehended till now," said the Navy spokesperson.

The news spread like wildfire in Uran and nearby areas, which led to schools and colleges shutting down early.

Uran is about 50 km from Mumbai, where 166 people were killed in November 2008 when landmarks in the city were attacked by 10 terrorists who came by sea.  It is close to important locations like the Jawaharlal Nehru Port and the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre.

India has also been on guard since the terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir's Uri on Sunday, in which 18 soldiers were killed. Since the attack, there have been several infiltration attempts which have been stopped by the army.

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Navi Mumbai terror suspects sketches released; Mumbai on high alert; schools, colleges in Uran shut

 

HIGHLIGHTS

• 1

  Two students of coastal town of Uran near Mumbai reportedly saw 5 masked gunmen.
   
• 2

  NSG officials and Navi-Mumbai cops have held a meeting.
   
• 3

  High alert was sounded along the Mumbai coast and adjoining areas.
   

The Mumbai Police have issued sketches of two armed suspects spotted moving suspiciously near a Naval base at Uran in neighbouring Raigad district. More sketches of the terror suspects are being prepared.

Meanwhile, NSG officials and Navi-Mumbai cops have held a meeting to discuss the risks involved. The elite commandos from NSG and state police's specialised Force One have also been roped in, police said. Multi-agency search operations are also on to trace the suspected persons a day after a high alert was sounded along the Mumbai coast and adjoining areas.

Two students-a girl studying in tenth standard, and a boy of ninth standard- of coastal town of Uran near Mumbai, who reportedly saw five masked men with guns earlier today, helped the cops prepare a sketch of one of five suspects.

SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES IN URAN CLOSED

The schools and colleges in Uran and adjoining areas have been shut today. Armed policemen are guarding the schools.

"As per the reports, five to six persons were sighted in Pathan suits and appeared to be carrying weapons and backpacks," Naval spokesman Cdr Rahul Sinha had earlier said.

 

Some reports said they were in military uniform.

MUMBAI ON HIGH ALERT, SEARCH OPERATION ON

Despite carrying out massive combing operation in Uran and Karanja areas with the help of Navy, Coast Guard, CISF and Quick Response Team, police are yet to trace the suspects.

Navi Mumbai Commissioner of Police monitored the situation throughout the night alongwith other top officials.

A strict vigil by police and other security agencies is being maintained in the area.

A high alert was yesterday sounded along the Mumbai coast and adjoining areas after a group of men were spotted moving suspiciously near a naval base at Uran in Raigad, leading to search operations by multiple agencies.

 

 

The alert came four days after the Uri attack which left 18 soldiers dead.

The Navy pressed its choppers for surveillance and heightened patrolling in the sea by its vessels and high-speed boats.

Subsequently, the Western Naval Command issued a "highest state of alert" along the Mumbai, Navi Mumbai, Thane and Raigad coasts where several sensitive establishments and assets are located.

Western India's biggest naval base, the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, fertiliser plants, refineries, power plants and the country's largest container port, JNPT are located in close vicinity of Uran.

Coastal security has been top priority after the 26/11 attacks, in which multiple locations in Mumbai were targeted by Pakistani terrorists who landed using sea route.

The fishing town of Uran is located across the eastern water front of the financial capital. The base located close to the town also houses units of MARCOS, the Navy's elite strike force.

 

 

UNPROTECTED KARANJA COAST

Locals allege that there has been no patrolling at the Karanja coast for past many years. The police station at the Karanja beach has been abandoned.

Locals have been demanding a police station for years.