Ahmedabad: Security has been beefed up at the Ahmedabad Stock Exchange (ASE) after an anonymous letter in Gujarati claiming to be from the Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) threatened that certain important locations in the state, including the stock exchange and two prominent temples would be attacked soon, source said on September 9.

Sources in the ASE said the letter that was received on September 5 said that LeT would attack important places in Gujarat and named its possible targets for "RDX bombings or suicide attacks" as the ASE, Somnath temple in Junagadh district, Akshardham temple, city civil hospital and other places of equal importance.

Following this, a number of security measures have been adopted in the ASE premises including a decision to "ban entry into the building without identity cards" from September 10, a decision that was made after taking all the brokers into confidence in a high level meeting on September 9, administrator of ASE P K Ghosh said.

Parking in the basement has also been banned and the ASE has urged police to make required arrangements around the campus and also ensure other cars in the parking lot are not targeted, Ghosh said.

He said a letter in this regard was sent to the police commissioner, while a meeting to review the security was also held with the deputy commissioner.

Senior officials, when contacted said that the letter and its threats appear to be a prank, but no risk would be taken and security would be tightened in the stock exchange.

PTI