Bhubaneswar, Jan 26: Four suspected terrorists fled from a hotel on Tuesday,minutes before a police raid.
Police sources said they had a tip-off regarding four foreign nationals who were staying at a budget hotel near the railway station.
But the men fled this morning when the hotel authorities asked for their identification, sources said.
According to rules, guests are required to show identification before they check into a hotel. The men, the sources said, had come in a car having a Delhi registration.
Unconfirmed reports said the registration number was fake.
There is a nationwide high alert on the occasion of the Republic Day after security agencies claimed there was a “very real” threat from the terror group ISIS.