Security Enhanced, Following Maoist Threat to Patnaik

Security arrangements around the residence of Orissa Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik and other government buildings in Bhubaneswar have been stepped up following receipt of an e-mail threat by Patnaik’s office on Saturday.

The security of the chief minister has been beefed up following the e-mail purportedly sent by Central Military Commission of Peoples Liberation Guerilla Army, a Maoist outfit, threatening to blow up his residence Naveen Niwas, said reports citing official sources.

Personnel of special security battalion have been deployed in and around Naveen Niwas. Personnel from the elite anti-naxalite force and special operation group have been posted at the state secretariat and other places Patnaik usually visits, the reports added.

Patnaik is guarded by a ‘Z plus’ security cover.