Amit Shah to inaugurate Srinagar-Sharjah flight today
Srinagar:
Union Home Minister Amit Shah arrived in Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday morning on a three-day visit – his first since leading the government’s charge of scrapping Article 370 in August two years ago.
Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha received him at the Srinagar airport.
After the Home Minister landed, a Jammu and Kashmir police officer went to meet the family of Inspector Parvez Ahmed, who was killed by terrorists earlier this month. Mr. Shah has offered a government job to Mr. Ahmed’s wife.
Amit Shah’s visit comes amid heightened tension in J&K after targeted civilian killings; 11 – including Hindus, Muslims and Sikhs – killed this month, trigger panic among migrant workers And this Kashmiri Pandit communitySome of whom have already fled.
He is expected to chair a meeting of the Unified Command to review the ground situation.
Sources told NDTV that the review would include adhering to the assignments given to the agencies during a meeting in Delhi last month. Sources also said that Mr Shah’s focus will also be on addressing the increased infiltration.
Mr Shah is expected to further inaugurate the Srinagar-Sharjah flight.
Amit Shah at J&K Police Officer Parvez Ahmed’s house
On Sunday, he will travel to Jammu to address a public meeting and is likely to meet village heads to address their concerns before flying back to Delhi on Monday.
With fortifications within a 20km radius around the Raj Bhavan (where he will stay) on Srinagar’s Gupkar Road, civilian killings have prompted Mr Shah’s visit to be extra cautious.
Drones were sighted on Friday to keep an eye on suspicious activities And the CRPF monitored the movement on Dal Lake and parts of the Jhelum river flowing through the interiors of the city.
“Regular field domination exercises are being carried out. Also, Flash Nakaso CRPG Deputy Inspector General (Operations) Mathew A John told NDTV, is being organized.
“Snipers and sharpshooters have been deployed at strategic locations. Vehicles are being checked and pedestrians are being searched. Not to harass the public but also for their safety,” he said.
The killing of civilians has been linked to Pakistan-backed organizations such as Lashkar-e-Taiba; An organization called The Resistance Front, responsible for some of the deaths, has been linked to Lashkar.
This week the Jammu and Kashmir Police said Four Lashkar terrorists linked to civilian deaths Three migrant workers were killed after encounters in Shopian and Kulgam districts.
Last week Two other terrorists – involved in the killing of a civilian and a policeman – were killed In back-to-back encounters in Srinagar and Pulwama. According to the police, one of those killed was involved in the death of Mohammad Shafi in Srinagar on October 2.
According to Kashmir’s Inspector General of Police (IGP) Vijay Kumar, 17 terrorists have been killed during 11 encounters in the last two weeks.
The attacks on civilians come at a time when the military is engaged in one of the longest and toughest counter-terrorist operations in recent times. Heavy firing in Poonch sector Because the army has eliminated the terrorists hiding in the forests there for the last 12 days.
Army and police sources have said that the escalation of the fighting has given rise to speculation Pak commandos must have given training to terrorists. So far nine jawans have been martyred in the action..
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