Srinagar, Nov 1: After a recent wave of terrorist assaults in the valley that claimed the lives of a police officer and a foreign labourer, security has been stepped up throughout Kashmir, according to officials. According to the officials, security personnel have increased the amount of time they spend frisking and inspecting cars and pedestrians in this and other parts of the valley. They said that all of the city’s main junctions, access and exit points, and significant routes leading to district offices have nakas and mobile vehicle checkpoints (MVCP) installed. According to the officials, paramilitary CRPF members and the Jammu and Kashmir Police have been stationed at sensitive locations, particularly in the vicinity of areas with a minority population.They added that in the regions where non-locals live, security forces are also on guard, particularly at night. They said that while the majority of non-local labourers have fled the valley due to the cold, some remain live in ghettos. There has been a recent wave of terrorist assaults in the valley. A father of seven who was a policeman was shot and killed by terrorists on Tuesday outside his home in the Jammu and Kashmir district of Baramulla. Terrorists shot and badly injured a police officer in Srinagar on Sunday, then on Monday, they killed an Uttar Pradeshi worker in the Pulwama district.According to a top police official, the security apparatus’s main goal is to stop even one person from dying. The police official, who spoke under anonymity, described the attacks’ methodology as mafia-style, with a new recruit being assigned a mission to demonstrate allegiance by striking a soft target before entering the terror ranks. Wednesday’s Unified Headquarters (UHQ) meeting will be presided over by Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha of Jammu and Kashmir in response to the attacks.The officials stated that the high-level conference, scheduled to take place at the Raj Bhawan here, will cover the current security situation in J-K. This will be the first meeting for R R Swain, the recently appointed chief of the Jammu and Kashmir Police. The meeting would be attended by the highest ranking members of the Army, in addition to Swain: Chief Secretary Arun Kumar Mehta, Home Secretary R K Goyal, Chief Officer Commanding-in-Chief (GoC-in-C) of Northern Command, both General Officers Commanding (GOCs) of the Army in Kashmir and Jammu (15th and 16th Corps), and all heads of CAPFs and intelligence agencies.
