A high alert was sounded after an email threatening to blow up the Taj Mahal with RDX was received from Kerala. Following the threat, security agencies have moved into alert mode and intensified surveillance in and around the monument.
As soon as the email was received, a massive security operation was launched. The Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), Taj Security Police, Bomb Disposal Squad, Dog Squad, Tourism Police, and officials from the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) thoroughly searched the Taj Mahal premises for nearly three hours.