Block direct access to .inc files not working

[rsclmumbai]

I've a nginx server on CentOS with PHP setup.
I'm trying to block direct access to .inc files

I've added the following to nginx.conf

			location ~ /\.inc
			{
				deny all; 
			}

& restarted nginx.

But I still able to access .inc files like
https://mydomain,com/includes/config.inc

Pls suggest what I may be missing or how else to fix this issue. I Need to
block access to all .inc files.

Thanks
Sans

Posted at Nginx Forum: https://forum.nginx.org/read.php?2,264663,264663#msg-264663