Tighter security drill for Modi after death threat

New Delhi, Nov 6: Security agencies will unveil new security norms for Prime Minister Narendra Modi following a death threat from a Pakistan-based terrorist group, official sources say. Security forces are being told to beef up security dramatically ahead of upcoming elections in Jammu and Kashmir and Jharkhand where Modi is expected to address several public rallies. Officials are taking seriously a tweet from the spokesperson of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan Jamaat Ahrar (TTP-JA). The group, which claimed responsibility for the Nov 2 suicide bombing on the Pakistan side of Wagah check post near the Indian border that left around 60 people dead, has threatened the Indian prime minister. "You are the killer of hundreds of Muslims. We w(il)l take the revenge of innocent people of Kashmir and Gujarat," TTP-JA spokesperson Ehsanullah Ehsan has been reported as saying in published reports. Modi is keen that his security retinue should not curb his interaction with people, official sources say. He is expected to address a series of rallies in Jammu and Kashmir and Jharkhand over the next few weeks, ahead of assembly elections in November and December.