<p>Vigil in Goa has been beefed up following a Mumbai-specific alert about Indian Mujahideen terror group planning to target places of Jewish worship, police said Wednesday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>"The alert is Mumbai-specific and related to synagogues and other places of Jewish worship in Mumbai, but there is a general west coast alert too," a police official said.<br /><br />"We have increased police patrolling, especially at night. Anyone without identity cards loitering at night is being taken to the nearest police station for questioning," the official said.<br /><br />The alert from central intelligence agencies comes in the wake of revelations made by co-founder of terror group Yasin Bhatkal to the National Intelligence Agency (NIA).<br /><br />Pakistani-American terrorist David Coleman Headley had reconnoitered the two chabad houses (Jewish prayer houses) in Goa, namely in Anjuna and Arambol, both coastal villages, according to reports.<br /><br />Incidentally, the house which was rented by Bhatkal during his stay in Goa was also a short distance away from the chabad house in Anjuna.<br /><br />Out of the 4.5 lakh foreign tourists who visit Goa, the state attracts several thousand Israeli tourists annually during the season, which begins from October and winds up in March.</p>
<p>Vigil in Goa has been beefed up following a Mumbai-specific alert about Indian Mujahideen terror group planning to target places of Jewish worship, police said Wednesday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>"The alert is Mumbai-specific and related to synagogues and other places of Jewish worship in Mumbai, but there is a general west coast alert too," a police official said.<br /><br />"We have increased police patrolling, especially at night. Anyone without identity cards loitering at night is being taken to the nearest police station for questioning," the official said.<br /><br />The alert from central intelligence agencies comes in the wake of revelations made by co-founder of terror group Yasin Bhatkal to the National Intelligence Agency (NIA).<br /><br />Pakistani-American terrorist David Coleman Headley had reconnoitered the two chabad houses (Jewish prayer houses) in Goa, namely in Anjuna and Arambol, both coastal villages, according to reports.<br /><br />Incidentally, the house which was rented by Bhatkal during his stay in Goa was also a short distance away from the chabad house in Anjuna.<br /><br />Out of the 4.5 lakh foreign tourists who visit Goa, the state attracts several thousand Israeli tourists annually during the season, which begins from October and winds up in March.</p>