<p>Security has been heightened in Israeli Embassy, Consulates and other Jewish establishments in several states following intelligence inputs that terror groups like Lashker-e-Taiba may target them.</p>.<p><br />The Union Home Ministry has sent an advisory to various states in the wake of the inputs shared by central security agencies that terrorists, especially those owing allegiance to Lashker-e-Taiba, may target them, official sources said.<br /><br />The states have been asked to increase the vigil around the Israeli Embassy here and Consulate General in Mumbai and Bangalore as well as synagogues and Chabad houses, they said.</p>.<p><br />The advisories have been sent to Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Delhi, Karnataka, Goa and Maharashtra.<br /><br />Chabad Houses, the Jewish outreach centres, have also been marked for security checks.<br />The sources said that Lashker terror group was armed with the reconnaissance tapes carried out by Pakistan-born American terrorist David Headley before he was arrested by FBI in the US in 2009.<br /><br />They said that Headley's work may come handy for the terror group to target the Jewish establishments. Headley is serving a 35-year prison term in the US.<br /><br />Besides the Embassy, the security agencies have asked for a tight vigil at Chabad Houses which are generally located in narrow lanes and are frequented generally by backpackers from Israel.<br /><br />Pushkar, on the outskirts of Ajmer in Rajasthan, Kasoli and Manali in Himachal Pradesh, Anujua village in Goa and Koregaon Park in Pune are some of the places put on alert.<br /><br />Israeli diplomatic staff was targeted by Iranian nationals in Delhi in 2012. It was for the first time that a terror group of a foreign country had conspired in India to target the nationals of another country.<br /><br />Last year, the security agencies had foiled an attempt by LeT to target the Consulate General of Israel in Bangalore.</p>
<p>Security has been heightened in Israeli Embassy, Consulates and other Jewish establishments in several states following intelligence inputs that terror groups like Lashker-e-Taiba may target them.</p>.<p><br />The Union Home Ministry has sent an advisory to various states in the wake of the inputs shared by central security agencies that terrorists, especially those owing allegiance to Lashker-e-Taiba, may target them, official sources said.<br /><br />The states have been asked to increase the vigil around the Israeli Embassy here and Consulate General in Mumbai and Bangalore as well as synagogues and Chabad houses, they said.</p>.<p><br />The advisories have been sent to Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Delhi, Karnataka, Goa and Maharashtra.<br /><br />Chabad Houses, the Jewish outreach centres, have also been marked for security checks.<br />The sources said that Lashker terror group was armed with the reconnaissance tapes carried out by Pakistan-born American terrorist David Headley before he was arrested by FBI in the US in 2009.<br /><br />They said that Headley's work may come handy for the terror group to target the Jewish establishments. Headley is serving a 35-year prison term in the US.<br /><br />Besides the Embassy, the security agencies have asked for a tight vigil at Chabad Houses which are generally located in narrow lanes and are frequented generally by backpackers from Israel.<br /><br />Pushkar, on the outskirts of Ajmer in Rajasthan, Kasoli and Manali in Himachal Pradesh, Anujua village in Goa and Koregaon Park in Pune are some of the places put on alert.<br /><br />Israeli diplomatic staff was targeted by Iranian nationals in Delhi in 2012. It was for the first time that a terror group of a foreign country had conspired in India to target the nationals of another country.<br /><br />Last year, the security agencies had foiled an attempt by LeT to target the Consulate General of Israel in Bangalore.</p>