Click to play videoBangalore: A day after Karnataka police foiled a major terror plot by arresting two Pakistani nationals in Mysore, Asia's largest infotech exhibition begins in Bangalore amid the shadow of apprehension.
However, as CNN-IBN found out, there are still glaring loopholes in the city’s security systems, with not one security guard to keep a check or frisk the visitors at the exhibition venue.
Similarly, many other crucial spots in the city – including the Chief Minister's residence Anugraha, the busy commercial center at MG Road and the shopping malls - have been left unattended
But why exactly is the security presence negligible?
"We are looking at greater security after we have a meeting and you wont see many more men in uniform but you will see more effective measures," says Additional Commissioner of Police, Bipin Gopalkrishnan.
So, it’s apparently not about numbers but about effective security measures. That's what the security agencies are following at the Vidhan Soudha, which was supposedly the target of the terrorists held yesterday.
However, beyond the routine entry and exit security checks, it's a free for all.
Call it a security lapse or simply the lack of security infrastructure, but with Bangalore now blipping on the country's terror map, it’s time that more concrete steps were taken to ward off terrorist attacks.
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