Bodh Gaya: Will consider CISF protection, says Shinde

Religious places in India may now be protected by the paramilitary, Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde said today after visiting the Mahabodhi shrine in Bodh Gaya, the site of multiple blasts on Sunday. Mr Shinde, who visited Bodh Gaya along with Congress President Sonia Gandhi, said the Centre will consider CISF security for holy sites. The Nitish Kumar government in Bihar had been criticized for leaving the security of the Mahabodhi temple complex in the hands of private guards.