India, Feb. 21 -- A terror alert has reportedly been sounded for Delhi over threat of attack plan by Pakistan-based terrorist outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) on a temple near Red Fort, Chandni Chowk.

Intelligence inputs, cited in an ANI news agency reports, suggest that the group may be plotting an improvised explosive device (IED) attack and that a temple in the Chandni Chowk area could be a potential target.

Sources further indicated that the outfit is allegedly seeking to avenge a February 6 blast at a mosque in Islamabad, Pakistan, and may be planning a major strike in India, the report added.

"Blast alert in front of the Red Fort in Delhi. Terrorists may target a temple in Chandni Chowk. Lashkar-e-Taiba is plotting an IED attack. The...