A meeting was held on September 18, by the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (UMHA) regarding the law and order situation in Delhi in the wake of recent terror threats, reports dnaindia.com. Earlier, in the month of August, intelligence agencies had issued a high alert, warning of terror threat in seven states, including Delhi. It was reported that Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) was planning to carry out terror attacks in Delhi and other states. Following the warning, high alert was sounded in Delhi, Rajasthan, Punjab, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh. There had also been reports suggesting that the Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) was plotting to carry out major attack in Uttar Pradesh's Varanasi, the Lok Sabha (Lower House of Indian Parliament) constituency of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.