THE POSH GURGAON city went into a tizzy Friday afternoon with the Harayana police directing immediate vacation of all commercial and educational establishments after it was tipped by the intelligence on likely terror attacks.

 

Taking no chances, the police swung into action and asked all private security service providers to get establishments under their surveillance closed without any delay.

 

Following the raising of the alarm, office-goers were seen coming out of the many  MNC offices and establishments being shut down for the rest of the day. All malls were vacated and shops were asked to down the shutters.

 

According to unconfirmed sources, this was part of a mock security drill carried out by the Haryana police. But the claim left many unanswered questions. If it was indeed a security drill why were even establishments in peripheral areas like Palam Vihar asked to get the premises vacated?

 

According to Col Vedpal of Star Estate Management Limited, which looks after all properties of Ansal in Gurgaon, “We were asked by the Haryana police, which apprehended planting of a bomb or a terror attack in the city, to get all facilities under us to be closed forthwith. They said some terrorists could also take refuge in any Gurgaon building and that we should be on the lookout.”

 

As the news spread like wild fire, media troops lined the main MGF Road to pick bytes for their story. 

 

Till the filing of this report, there were no untoward incident reported from any part of the city.