Union Home Minister Amit Shah led a major meeting in Delhi on Sunday to address the security situation in Jammu and Kashmir in response to recent terrorist attacks. During the meeting, Shah provided general directives to enhance counter-terrorism efforts, according to sources from the news agency PTI.
Sources further indicated that the Home Minister received a comprehensive briefing on the current situation in Jammu and Kashmir, with security forces anticipated to escalate counter-terrorism operations in the near future.
They said the operations against the terrorists would be conducted in accordance with the prime minister’s instructions.
#WATCH | Union Home Minister Amit Shah chairs a meeting at the Ministry of Home Affairs in North Block, Delhi to review the security situation in Jammu and Kashmir and preparedness for the Amarnath Yatra.
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Present at the high-level meeting were National Security Adviser Ajit Doval, Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir Manoj Sinha, Army Chief General Manoj Pande, Army Chief-designate Lt. General Upendra Dwivedi, Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla, Director of Intelligence Bureau Tapan Deka, Director General of CRPF Anish Dayal Singh, Director General of Jammu and Kashmir Police RR Swain, and other senior security officials.
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The Home Minister Amit Shah also evaluated the arrangements for the annual Amarnath pilgrimage, which is scheduled to commence on June 29.
According to PTI, Shah is expected to be briefed on the security situation in Jammu and Kashmir, the deployment of forces along the International Border and Line of Control, attempts at infiltration, the status of ongoing anti-terror operations, and the strength of terrorist groups in the Union Territory.
Shah chaired the high-level meeting at North Block, three days following a similar meeting led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. During that meeting, Modi instructed officials to utilize the “full spectrum of counter-terror capabilities” in response to a series of terror incidents, including an attack on a bus carrying pilgrims.
In the past week, terrorists carried out attacks in four locations across Reasi, Kathua, and Doda districts of Jammu and Kashmir, resulting in the deaths of nine pilgrims and one CRPF jawan. Additionally, seven security personnel and several others were injured.
In Kathua district, two suspected Pakistani terrorists were killed during an encounter with security forces, and a substantial amount of arms and ammunition were recovered from them.
These incidents occurred just before the annual pilgrimage to the Amarnath cave shrine in the southern Kashmir Himalayas.
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