The Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation, Amit Shah reviewed the security situation in Jammu and Kashmir in Jammu today with Lieutenant Governor of Jammu & Kashmir, Manoj Sinha and senior officers of the Government of India and the Jammu & Kashmir administration.
The Union Home Minister appreciated the improvement in the security situation, reduction in militancy incidents from 417 in 2018 to 229 in 2021 and decrease in number of security forces personnel martyred from 91 in 2018 to 42 in 2021. Amit Shah emphasized on proactive operations against militants and denying them safe haven or financial support. He directed the security forces and police to ensure real time coordination for effective counter-militancy operations and monitoring activities of militants from jails. The Home Minister ordered further strengthening of the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) in Jammu and Kashmir to choke ‘narco terrorism’.
Amit Shah said the security grid should be further strengthened to ensure zero cross-border infiltration and to eliminate militancy completely in order to achieve Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision of a peaceful and prosperous Jammu and Kashmir. (KDC)
