High alert in K’taka coastal belt after calls tracked to foreign locations

The central intelligence agencies have issued a red alert along the 225 kilometre-long coastal stretch of Karnataka after detecting suspected terror activities in the thick forests and hilly regions in coastal districts, sources said.

The central intelligence agencies have issued a red alert along the 225 kilometre-long coastal stretch of Karnataka after detecting suspected terror activities in the thick forests and hilly regions in the coastal districts, sources said.

Central Intelligence Agencies have detected calls being made from multiple locations in Karwar, Dakshina Kannada and Chikkamaglur districts, which are on the radar of intelligence agencies for a long time for terrorist and Naxal activities. The hilly and dense forest regions of the districts are being used as shelters to carry out anti-national activities by suspected terrorists. The calls were made from these locations in Karnataka to the foreign locations in the last week, according to sources.

The call locations are being tracked and investigations have revealed that the calls are being made to discuss carrying out nefarious activities. The sources are also looking into the angle of whether the sleepers cells in these locations are being activated by foreign elements. Central Intelligence agencies have recently warned that as many as 12 suspected IS terrorists from Srilanka sneaked into the coastal districts of the state in the guise of fishermen. A red alert has been announced in the coastal areas in this backdrop.