New Delhi, Jan 2: Amit Shah, the Union Home Minister, presided over a high-level security review meeting on Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday. The Home Minister will go over the security grid’s operation and other security-related topics during the meeting. According to reports, the Home Minister is assessing security in Jammu and Kashmir in light of recent assaults that have occurred there. Shah also emphasised better coordination between the Army, Police, and Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) stationed in Jammu and Kashmir, as well as complete area domination, during the meeting.Additionally, the Home Minister emphasised the necessity of enhancing and fortifying local intelligence within the Union Territory. It has been learned that the Home Minister will examine the zero-terror plan, the area dominance plan, the state of law and order, the UAPA cases, and other security-related matters. Along with other concerned officials from the Ministry of Home Affairs and Jammu and Kashmir, the meeting was attended by Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha of Jammu and Kashmir, Chief Secretary Atal Dulloo, Director General Dinkar Gupta of the National Investigation Agency, and Director Generals of the Central Reserve Police Force and the Border Security Force. In attendance at the meeting were Army Chief General Manoj Pande, Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla, Director of Intelligence Bureau Tapan Deka, and National Security Advisor Ajit Doval.The meeting took place a few days after terrorists opened fire on two army vehicles travelling through Dera Ki Gali in Rajouri’s Poonch region on December 21, 2018, resulting in the deaths of four soldiers and the injuries of three others. Five soldiers, two of whom were captains, were also killed in action in November of last year following the Army and its special forces’ anti-terror operation in Rajouri’s Kalakote. Ten soldiers lost their lives in action during two separate attacks in the Rajouri-Poonch area in April and May of 2023. Between 2003 and 2021, this area had been relatively free of acts of terrorism; however, following that, encounters became more frequent. In the course of 2021 and 2022, anti-terror operations in the region resulted in the deaths of over 35 soldiers.According to sources in the security wing, Pir Panjal, which includes Rajouri district in addition to Poonch and portions of Reasi districts, has seen an increase in militancy in recent years. Several Army soldiers have died in the region after being ambushed by militants. On January 13, 2018, the Home Minister presided over a comparable high-level review meeting regarding the security situation in Jammu and Kashmir. During the meeting, she declared that all security agencies are waging a fierce war against terrorism in accordance with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s zero-tolerance policy.Additionally, he had stated that a 360-degree security system would be reinforced even more in order to totally eradicate terrorists’ networks of support and information. The Minister also held a review meeting on April 13, 2018, in the nation’s capital, to discuss the security situation in the Union Territory. During the meeting, he went over how the security grid operated and other security-related topics. He also reaffirmed that the Indian government, led by Prime Minister Modi, is dedicated to zero tolerance for terrorism.
