Security heightened in Coimbatore in view of 1998 serial bombings anniversary

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 Bomb Detection and Disposal Squad of the constabulary  conducting anti-sabotage checks astatine  Coimbatore railway presumption    connected  Friday evening.

Bomb Detection and Disposal Squad of the constabulary conducting anti-sabotage checks astatine Coimbatore railway presumption connected Friday evening. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT

Coimbatore metropolis came nether information broad from Friday successful presumption of the day of the serial bombings of February 14, 1998 that claimed 58 lives and near 250 persons injured. 

A elder constabulary serviceman said assorted duties were assigned to 2,000 constabulary personnels, who covered information of captious installations, authorities offices, delicate locations and places of worship. 

Six teams of the Tamil Nadu Commando Force, each comprising 10 persons, were deployed astatine antithetic places, including R.S. Puram. 

The Bomb Detection and Disposal Squad conducted anti-sabotage checks astatine Coimbatore railway station, autobus stands astatine Gandhipuram and Ukkadam among different places. The constabulary conducted random conveyance checks astatine aggregate locations. All the patrol units of the constabulary were instructed to beryllium connected the determination successful their designated areas connected Friday nighttime and Saturday. 

City Police Commissioner N. Kannan and Deputy Commissioners reviewed the information arrangements. 

Published - February 13, 2026 09:47 p.m. IST

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