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Pune : The University of Pune, which has a large number of foreign students, is being fortified with enhanced security measures, fallout of the Feb bomb blast in the city.
The sprawling campus of the prestigious varsity, with houses a number of key research institutions, may soon have closed-circuit television (CCTV) system and armed guards to stave off any possible threat, authoritative sources said. This cultural capital of Maharashtra, which has emerged as a major education hub, boasts of about 14,000 foreign students, the largest number in an Indian city.
In a communication to the university officials within days of the German Bakery blast, in which two foreigners, one of them student, were among the dead, police identified sites on the campus for stepping up security with specific norms. Noting that the 62-year-old institution has students coming from as many as 104 countries to do a variety of short and long-term diploma and degree courses, police have asked the varsity administration to furnish the list of foreign students as they could be viewed as vulnerable soft targets.
Law enforcing agencies have sought installation of baggage X-ray scanner in front of the foreign students' hostel and deployment of armed guards there and at other landmarks like the historical Jaykar Library and research centres such as C-DAC and IUCCA, the sources said.
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