EARLY TIMES REPORT
Jammu/Srinagar, Nov 5: Bullet proof luxury cars including a customized BMW reached Jammu on Thursday ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Jammu and Kashmir visit on Saturday.
Several bullet-proof cars, made to order sedans and critical care ambulances also arrived in Jammu, the winter capital of the state, sources in the intelligence department said.
"The cars came on train and will be used for VVIP visit," a source said.
T. Namgial, the inspector general of the Special Protection Group (SPG), reached Jammu on Wednesday.
He held meetings with the police and other security agencies regarding the arrangements to be made at Baglihar in Ramban district of Jammu region and the Sher-e-Kashmir cricket stadium in Srinagar, the two venues where Modi will address public meetings.
"Both venues will be taken over by the SPG and sealed till the prime minister arrives," a source said. They will be surveyed by air too.
Modi will inaugurate the 450 MW phase second Baglihar power project in Ramban and a four-lane Udhampur-Bannihal stretch of the Jammu-Srinagar highway. |
