Additional forces will be deployed for the upcoming Amarnath Yatra
In the wake of recent killings of the minority Hindu community in Kashmir, the Centre has decided to deploy additional security forces in the Valley, the Union Territory, security sources said. This will be in addition to the forces which will be deployed for the upcoming Amarnath Yatra.
Soon after Union Home Minister Amit Shah reviewed the security situation in Jammu and Kashmir, he instructed that additional forces be deployed. He directed security forces and police to conduct coordinated counter-terrorism operations pro-actively and also ensure zero cross-border infiltration to wipe out terrorism in J&K.
According to the sources, around 15,000 additional para-military force personnel will be deployed soon to tackle the security situation in the Valley and provide better security cover to the people there.
It is learned that the Home Minister was unhappy over the handling of the security situation in J&K and asked the intelligence grid to provide more specific information about terrorists and to go for coordinated counter-terror operations based on the specific intelligence inputs.
Earlier on Tuesday, Shah held a high-level review meeting in his North Block office on the security situation in J&K. The meeting was attended by Lt Governor Manoj Sinha, National Security Advisor Ajit Doval, Chief of Army Staff Gen Manoj Pande, and senior officials of the Centre and the Jammu and Kashmir administration.
The sources also said that the recent killings of minorities have created fear among them and therefore, it was important to provide a foolproof security shield to all and to initiate counter-terror operations quickly.
The terror threat also looms over the Amarnath Yatra which commences on June 30 after a hiatus of two years, so, the security agencies need to work in tandem, they added.
[With Inputs from IANS]
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