Militants threaten to blow up Akshardham in Delhi

Security at Akshardham temple in the capital has been tightened after police received intelligence inputs that Kashmiri militants planned to blow it up. The temple has recently made it to the Guinness Book of World Records for being the world's largest Hindu temple complex.

Deputy Commissioner of Police (Special Cell) Alok Kumar said, "We received an input that some militants belonging to Kashmir-based groups were planning to create terror in the capital by blowing up the temple." He did not specify which militant group was planning to carry out the attack.

police have deployed more personnel at the temple on the banks of Yamuna in east Delhi, visited by thousands of people every day.