School students spot terror suspects in Uran near Mumbai; high alert sounded in Maharashtra

Mangalore Today News Network

Mumbai, Sep 22, 2016: A high alert was sounded in Maharashtra on Thursday after school children spot a group of five-six `suspicious men` in Navy fatigues in Raigad’s Uran this morning.

Notably, Uran houses an ammunition dump of the Indian Navy.

Treading cautiously, the Navy sounded an alert across naval bases in Mumbai, Navi Mumbai, Thane, and Raigad.

School children have claimed to see five-six men carrying weapons near INS Abhimanyu base in Uran.

Following the information, the Navy is conducting a search operation.

 Maharashtra DGP Satish Mathur has confirmed the news and said that ’suspected’ terrorists were spotted at 6:30 am today. A search operation has been initiated in the state, Mathur added.

This comes amidst tensions with Pakistan.