Srinagar: A crucial security huddle has started in Kashmir with top security forces and Police officers preparing to undertake the assessment of the prevailing security situation in the Valley.
The meeting led by Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha in Srinagar’s Police Control Room (PCR) follows a series of security reviews by Home Minister Amit Shah in New Delhi. The Home Minister has directed for a ‘terror-free’ Jammu & Kashmir and strengthening of the counter infiltration grid along borders.
On Wednesday morning, Sinha arrived in his cavalcade to the PCR with army, police, paramilitary officers and intelligence agencies in line for the meeting. Director General of Police Nalin Prabhat alongside top officers including all the district heads are part of the meeting. Chief Secretary Atul Dulloo alongside home Secretary Chanderaker Barthi are also part of the meeting.
Besides, paramilitary forces and intelligence agencies are also part of the meeting.
This comes a day after two army soldiers including a Captain rank officer were killed in the blast of an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) suspected to be planted by terrorists near the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu’s Akhnoor.
But the Chief Minister Omar Abdullah was not part of the meeting as the Home comprising law and order falls outside the domain of the Union Territory Government.
Advisor to CM Nasir Aslam Wani said that LG Sinha should have invited Abdullah since he has vast experience in dealing with the security matters.