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AMRITSAR: Security of the viewers’ gallery at the Attari border and at Sri Guru Ram Das International Airport here has been beefed up following intelligence reports about infiltration of Pakistan-based terrorists in the region.Not only contingency plans have been put in place at both hypersensitive sites but the deployment of security forces has also been increased. Yadav also stated that the police was yet to nab the carjackers who had made away with a silver coloured Innova from Punjab-Jammu and Kashmir border in Pathankot district.Meanwhile, an official of the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) said that they had also beefed up the security of the Amritsar international airport following reports of terrorists’ movement. “In addition to the existing force we have added 57 more security personnel,” he added.About the reported movement of Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) militants in Amritsar and Gurdaspur areas, Parmar said that they were not in their sector. If there is an operational information, I can’t share it with anyone.” However, Punjab’s border range IGP S P S Parmar said that they had increased the deployment of security personnel. “We have no update on that because these don’t belong to our area,” he said..