ISLAMABAD: The Inspector General Police (IGP) Islamabad claimed on Friday that police had foiled a bid of Mumbai-style terrorist attack in the federal capital during the the early days of June.

IGP Islamabad Tariq Masood informed the Senate Standing Committee on Interior that police thwarted a terror attempt with the help of surveillance cameras recently installed in the city.

Briefing the media after meeting of the parliamentary committee, the IGP said that he and city's chief commissioner were informed by Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) about possibility of a terror attack.

Police officials told media that terrorists had planned to launch an attack in Islamabad just like it happened in Mumbai in 2008.

“According to the plan, 13 terrorists were supposed to attack a university and a five-star hotel in Islamabad,” the officials said.

The police official added that ISI came to know about the plot after tracing some telephone calls.

The IGP informed the Senate committee that police foiled the terror bid with the help of newly installed cameras in the city under the Safe City Project.

“Police monitored all entry and exit points to prevent the possible attack,” the IGP added.

However, more details of the terror plot were not shared with the media and the Senate committee.

Some 1,850 security cameras have been installed in Islamabad and connected to a central command and control centre as part of the Rs124.9 million Safe City Project.

On the other hand, Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan expressed his annoyance over the IGP statement regarding terror bid.

“Police should refrain from giving statements which could cause fear among the general public,” Nisar said adding police officers must be careful while making statements.