Heavy security in Delhi ahead of PM's I-Day speech, Metro to run as usual

The historic Red Fort, from where Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the nation on India's 72nd Independence Day on Tuesday, has been put under a heavy security cover, along with other critical areas in the national capital.

Police are on high alert after JNU student leader Umar Khalid was attacked in the Lutyens' Delhi on Monday and an incident in the UK involving a car crash into security barriers outside the Parliament building, a senior police officer said.

Nearly 70,000 Delhi Police personnel are guarding the national capital. Close to 10,000 personnel have been deployed at the Mughal-era fort,