Security Concern
US embassy in Delhi shuts services
Agencies, New Delhi
The US embassy in New Delhi has shut down select departments, including visa immigration and library services yesterday due to security concerns, a TV report said. "In light of security concerns, the consular (visa) section and the department of homeland security - immigration office and the information resource centre (American library) will close to the public on Thursday, Aug 5, 2004," a US embassy statement said on Wednesday. Without elaborating on the "security concerns", the statement said the US consulates general in Chennai, Kolkata and Mumbai would, however, remain open for "business as usual". The statement urged American citizens in India, who are not registered with the embassy, to do so "as soon as possible". The embassy said visa appointments for Thursday would be rescheduled for a later date and applicants need not seek fresh appointments. US' Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), had on Tuesday warned of a possible human bomb strike in Delhi, Mumbai or Bangalore. "According to the FBI alert, a lone terrorist may target either vital strategic installations or VIPs in any of these three cities," a senior police official had said on Tuesday.
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