AMRITSAR, July 15 -- Security at the Golden Temple was beefed up on Monday after the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) received an email regarding a bomb threat.

SGPC chief secretary Kulwant Singh Manan said they received this bomb threat email from an unknown person. "We have forwarded this email to the commissioner of police, who is investigating the matter," he said .

Manan said, "It appears that it is just to spread terror among the people who are coming to pay obeisance here. However, we are taking no chances keeping in view the security. We have deployed staff in the complex. Besides, the police are also maintaining vigil around the shrine".

Commissioner of police Gurpreet Singh Bhullar said, "After the SGPC authorit...