Just after it came out that Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) is planning to kidnap or assassinate India’s top scientists, the Government of India beefed up the security of its prominent scientists. The government on Sunday provided "Z" category security to the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Chairman G Madhavan Nair, and "Y" category security to six other notable space scientists.

The Union Home Ministry reported that the "Z" category security has been provided to the 65-year-old ISRO Chairman and Secretary of the Department of Space, G. Madhavan Nair, and "Y" category security has been provided to the six other scientists associated with the satellite and rocket divisions, in the wake of the threats to the lives of these scientists.

According to the Union Ministry of Home Affairs, Mr. G. Madhavan Nair, who has recently been awarded with the nation’s second highest civilian award, Padma Vibhushan, after the success of Chandrayaan I, will have an escort and guards round-the-clock, under the “Z” category security, while the other six scientists will have a Personal Security Officer and two guards, under "Y" category security.  

S. Satish, the Director (Public Relations) of ISRO, reported that the Union Home Ministry has issued a security alert and strengthened the security cover for some top scientists of the organization. Mr. Satish also told that the government is also reviewing the security of some prominent scientists, without disclosing their names.   

The Union Home Ministry beefed up the security of these scientists, after a Lashkar militant, Furfur Nawaz alias Shabaz Nawaz, who’s recently been deported from a Gulf country, disclosed Lashkar-e-Taiba is planning to either kidnap or assassinate some of the top Indian scientists including Nair. Sarfaraz Nawaz was being interrogated by the Karnataka police in connection with the 2008 Bangalore blasts, when he made these revelations.

Sarfaraz Nawaz also disclosed that Jasim, another Pakistani militant told him that LeT was planning to target top Indian scientists, including a woman Muslim scientist from UP working on the Agni missile. According to Shabaz Nawaz, Jasim mentioned the names of “G Madhavan Nair, Alex, Sajivnath, Suresh Kumar and a female Muslim scientist from UP (a lady scientist working in Agni missile project)”.