New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday chaired a high-level meeting with Home Secretary Rajiv Gauba and National Security Advisor Ajit Doval in Parliament to review the law and order situation in Jammu and Kashmir.
The Home Minister will also be visiting the state for three days after the Parliamentary session.
Earlier on Friday, the Jammu and Kashmir government issued an advisory to Amarnath Yatra pilgrims and tourists asking them to curtail their stay in the Valley, citing intelligence inputs about terror threats after the Indian Army said that Pakistani terrorists are planning to disrupt the pilgrimage.
“Keeping in view the latest intelligence inputs of terror threats, with specific targeting of the Amarnath Yatra, and given the prevailing security situation in the Kashmir Valley, in the interest of safety and security of the tourists and Amarnath Yatris, it is advised that they may curtail their stay in the valley immediately and take necessary measures to return as soon as possible,” the advisory said.
During a search operation on Amarnath Yatra route, one M24 rifle and an Anti-Personnel Land mine with markings of POF( Pakistan Ordnance Factory) were recovered along the Northern route.
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The M24 rifle is a sniper weapon in service being used by the US Army. There is a possibility that this weapon might have been brought in from Afghanistan where it might have been looted by the Taliban.
Further, Indian Army on Saturday said to have foiled an infiltration attempt by Pakistani BAT in Jammu and Kashmir’s Keran Sector and eliminating five to seven Pakistani Army regulars and terrorists.
Last week, the Union Home Ministry had ordered the deployment of an additional 100 companies of central paramilitary forces in the state. One company comprises around 100 personnel.
(With ANI inputs)