New Delhi (TIP)- The surge in terror strikes in Jammu & Kashmir in recent weeks was discussed at a meeting of the crucial Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi on a day when three separate gunfights broke out in the restive Union territory, according to people aware of the matter.
Two army personnel were injured in the Doda district of Jammu after terrorists opened fire on a search party on early Thursday morning, two days after four army personnel were killed in the same region. This was the seventh attack in Doda in little over a month.
Around 190 kmsaway, forces foiled an infiltration bid in Jammu’s Rajouri district after noticing “suspicious movement” along the Line of Control (LoC). In north Kashmir’s Kupwara, the army shot dead two terrorists and thwarted a separate infiltration attempt on the same day, renewing worries about the increased movement of extremists in the area.
The rising terror attacks was among the issues discussed by CCS, which deals with issues concerning law and order and national security, the people cited above said.
Union home minister Amit Shah, defence minister Rajnath Singh, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman and external affairs minister S Jaishankar are also part of the top panel. According to people aware of the developments, the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) and the ministry of home affairs (MHA) were “closely monitoring the ground situation” in J&K.
Last month, Modi chaired a meeting on the security situation in J&K and asked the security forces to deploy the “full spectrum” of counterterror capabilities to deal with the recent spike in terror attacks.
As the country’s political and defence brass took stock of the security apparatus, security personnel continued to battle terrorists in J&K. In Doda, a group of terrorists — who according to an intelligence official were likely to be the same men who killed four personnel on July 15 night — targeted a search party in Kastigarh. Source: HT
Govt takes stock amid 3 gunfights in J&K in one day
