Union Home Minister Amit Shah chaired a high-level meeting to review the security situation in Jammu and Kashmir in the wake of recent terror incidents in the region.
According to reports, Shah directed security agencies to implement area domination and zero-terror plans in the Jammu division like they did in Kashmir to achieve success.
Nine pilgrims and a CRPF jawan lost their lives as the union territory witnessed four terror attacks within a week, raising security concerns.
At the meeting, the home minister was given a thorough briefing on the prevailing situation in Jammu and Kashmir. In the wake of the attacks, the security forces are expected to intensify the counter-terror operations in the region in the coming days.
“The operations against the terrorists will be carried out in line with the prime minister's directive,” sources told news agency PTI.
Shah also reviewed preparations for the annual Amarnath Yatra which begins on June 29.
National Security Adviser Ajit Doval, Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir Manoj Sinha, Army Chief General Manoj Pande, Army Chief-designate Lt. General Upendra Dwivedi, Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla, Director of Intelligence Bureau Tapan Deka, Director General of CRPF Anish Dayal Singh, DG of BSF Nitin Agarwal, Director General of Jammu and Kashmir Police R R Swain and other top security officials attended the meeting.
Early this week, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had held a similar meeting where he directed officials to deploy the "full spectrum of counter-terror capabilities".
Spate of attacks
On last Sunday, terrorists opened fire on a bus carrying pilgrims when it was en route to the Mata Vaishno Devi shrine in Katra from the Shiv Khori temple. The bus, ferrying pilgrims from Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and Delhi, plunged into a deep gorge following the gunfire, killing nine people and injuring 41 others.
The attack came on the same day when Modi took oath as the prime minister for the third consecutive term.
On June 11, terrorists fired at a joint checkpost of the Rashtriya Rifles and police at Chattergalla in Bhaderwah. On the next day, a search party in the Gandoh area of Doda district came under attack, leaving seven security personnel injured.
