From correspondents in Uttar Pradesh, India, 03:01 PM IST

Security around a historic temple in Uttar Pradesh's Saharanpur district was beefed up Friday following a threat to blow up the shrine, some 500 km from here.

'Swami Sahajanand Maharaj, a priest of an ashram adjoining the 200-year-old temple of Shakumbari Devi in the Shakumbari village of the district, informed us that he received an anonymous letter containing a threat to blow up the temple,' the district's Senior Superintendent of Police Amit Chandra told IANS.

'We have already started investigations and strengthened the security around the place,' he added.

(Staff Writer, © IANS)