The information has been shared with multiple agencies, including those responsible for securing airports and other sensitive installations.

An employee of Japan’s nuclear regulator lost his phone containing highly sensitive information in China while on a personal trip in November. The phone had the name and contact details of staff in charge of nuclear security.

A 41-year-old man, Ranjit Pandov, was killed in police firing in Assam’s Sivasagar district on Tuesday after he attacked his neighbours with a machete and later attempted to assault a police team called in by the locals to control the situation.