
Mumbai : Security along the coastline in Maharashtra’s Raigad district was stepped up after a suspicious boat was spotted near the Revdanda coast, police said on Sunday. The boat was seen by security personnel around two nautical miles off the Korlai coast in Revdanda. The vessel is suspected to bear markings of another country and may have drifted to the Raigad coast, he added. Following alert, Bomb Detection and Disposal Squad (BDDS), Quick Response Team (QRT), the Navy and the Coast Guard rushed to the spot.
Raigad Superintendent of Police Anchal Dalal, along with senior police officials, reached the coast to monitor the situation. Efforts to reach the boat were hampered by heavy rain and strong winds. Dalal herself attempted to approach the boat using a barge but had to return due to adverse weather. A large contingent of police was deployed in the area and overall security in the district was heightened as a precautionary measure, he said.
Raigad, Maharashtra: The Coast Guard and Raigad police are searching for an unidentified boat last seen near Korlai Fort, Alibag Revdanda. Despite extensive sea searches since morning, the boat remains untraced, prompting plans to deploy a helicopter for continued search efforts pic.twitter.com/BIWln0Ag6u
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Earlier in April, Mumbai Police was on alert following the deadly terrorist attack on tourists in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pahalgam on April 22, where 26 people were killed and several others injured. All senior police officers have been asked to remain alert in their jurisdictions, adding that security checkpoints have been established at various areas of India’s financial capital. All senior police officers have been asked to “remain alert” in their jurisdictions, adding that security checkpoints have been established at various areas of India’s financial capital.
Notably, on November 26, 2008, 10 Pakistani terrorists snuck into India via the Arabian Sea port in Mumbai and opened fire at various locations in the south side of the city. The coordinated attack, which took place at the Taj Mahal Palace and Oberoi Hotels, Nariman House, Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus station, the Leopold Cafe, and near Metro cinema among other places, cost 166 lives and lasted nearly three days.
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