India: National Defense College, Schools & 5-Star hotel on target

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David Coleman Headley and his associate Tahawwur Hussain Rana, both US citizens of Pakistani origin who were arrested by the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investgation (FBI) in Chicago last month for hatching a plot to attack India and Denmark have revealed more sinister plans.

The federal agency while opposing a bail plea of the duo deposed that Headley and Rana has planned in unison with Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) plans to attack the National Defense College in Delhi along with two coveted boarding schools located in hill stations in North India as well as a few five-star hotels frequented by foreign tourists.

The names of other targets have not been released to avoid panic.

A leading Lashkar operative, Ilyas Kashmiri has already issued challenge to India to stop another 26/11 style attack where hundreds lost life. He had recently told media that the Mumbai attacks are nothing compared to what's in store. Headley was in constant touch with Kashmiri and reports say that he was supposed to be coordinating the plans.

Earlier reports did not reveal the actual motive or plan of the attack.

Kashmiri, (aged 45) who is the head of the Al-Qaeda's head of military operations, carries a bounty of USD 600,000 dollars on his head. He is viewed as the guerilla expert of Al-Qaeda who turns strategic vision into reality. He was also an active participant in the Soviet-Afghan War and was responsible for training the Afghan Mujahideen.

He has a long and terror-filed history of executing such acts.

Meanwhile the Home Minister, P Chidambaram in a statement said that the government if aware of the report and the situation is "fully under control".

While the Home Minister said that the situation was “fully under control”; the Army Chief, General Deepak Kapoor had a different story to tell.

Minister of State for Defence MM Pallam Raju who was present at the function, echoed Gen. Kapoor’s view while saying that considering the "fragile internal security scenario", there had to be new centres to facilitate rapid action across the country and better coordination among intelligence agencies and security forces.

The Army and other intelligence authorities have recently raised alarm over probable strikes which were denied by the Home Ministry.

Security has been beefed up along the Indian coast lines as well at prominent locations.