Mumbai: Amid the ongoing tensions between India and Pakistan, security has been heightened in India’s financial capital, Mumbai. The police have increased vigil in all public places in the city. police are on high alert at the Gateway of India and the Taj Hotel.
No leaves for police personnel
In view of the tense situation in India, no new leaves are being sanctioned for the police personnel in Mumbai. In fact the Maharashtra Police had been on high alert, soon after India launched ‘Operation Sindoor’ targeting the terror launch pads in Pakistan and Pakistan Occupied Kashmir. Police in all other states were also on high alert after India’s strikes on Pakistan.
It was the iconic Taj Hotel in Mumbai, which had been attacked by Kasab and his accomplices during the 26/11 terror attacks. It is but natural that Mumbai Police has increased vigilance around the whole area, in wake of the increasing India-Pakistan tensions.
Operation Sindoor
Following a terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pahalgam, India had launched ‘Operation Sindoor’ against terrorists based in Pakistan. The attack in Pahalgam killed 26 people. Indian jets targeted altogether 9 terror camps in Pakistan and Pakistan Occupied Kashmir, on the intervening night of May 6-7, 2025. These strikes reportedly killed more than 70 terrorists.
India claimed to have hit the headquarters of Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM), Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and Hizbul Mujahideen. The targets were located in Bahawalpur and Muridke in Pakistan and some in Kotli in Pakistan Occupied Kashmir. Following the air strikes against terror camps in Pakistan, the neighbouring country’s Army increased firing across the Line of Control.
Not only did the Pakistan Army resort to unprovoked firing across LoC, but they also sent around 50 drones into Indian territory. All of these were successfully neutralised by the Indian defence forces. The operations took place in Udhampur, Samba, Jammu, Akhnoor, Nagrota, and Pathankot. Meanwhile heavy shelling was reported from Poonch, Rajouri, Uri, and Chowkibal in Jammu and Kashmir, on early Friday morning. Shelling in fact started soon after the Pahalgam terror attack and after India unilaterally suspended the Indus Water Treaty.
