Hyderabad, March 1 -- The central intelligence agencies on Sunday, March 1, sounded an alert and asked the states and Union Territories to scale up security around the diplomatic offices of the United States, Britain and Israel across the country, including Hyderabad.

The alert was issued anticipating protests in view of the killing of the Supreme leader of Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and the bombing of cities in Iran by US and Israel forces since Saturday, February 28.

Additional security measures were initiated in New Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Bengaluru, and other cities.

In Hyderabad, the police beefed up the security at the US Consulate Hyderabad at Nanakramguda. Additional police personnel were deployed outside the consulate buildi...