New Delhi, Oct 9: Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation, Amit Shah, on Thursday, said that the terror network in Jammu and Kashmir had been nearly crippled.
Chairing a high-level meeting in New Delhi to review the security situation in J&K, the Home Minister said that due to the determined efforts of the security agencies, the terrorist network nurtured by enemies of the nation in J&K had been almost crippled.
He assured that all necessary resources would continue to be provided to sustain these efforts.
Shah said that security forces would continue to have full freedom of action to crush any attempt to threaten peace and security in the region.
He reaffirmed Prime Minister Narendra Modi government’s unwavering commitment to achieving the goal of a terrorism-free J&K.
The Home Minister appreciated the steps taken by the J&K administration and security agencies following the Pahalgam terror attack, which have helped strengthen the overall security scenario in J&K.
He emphasised the vital role of all security agencies in working in a coordinated and vigilant manner to eliminate terrorism from the region.
Shah said that with the onset of winter, security forces must remain fully prepared to ensure that terrorists do not exploit snowfall to infiltrate across the border.
Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha; Union Home Secretary, Govind Mohan; Director, Intelligence Bureau, Tapan Deka; Chief of Army Staff, Gen Upendra Dwivedi; Chief Secretary Atal Dulloo, and Director General of Police (DGP) Nalin Prabhat; Director General of Central Reserve Police Forces (CRPF), G P Singh and DG BSF Daljit Singh Chawdhary; and senior officers from the Government of India, the Army, and the J&K administration attended the meeting.
“Reviewed the security of Jammu and Kashmir along with the Lt Governor and other senior officials. We are committed to cripple the terror ecosystem in J&K. Our security forces will continue to have full freedom to crush any attempt to threaten peace and security in the region. Instructed to further intensify alertness and synergy to accelerate Modi Ji’s vision of a terror-free Jammu and Kashmir,” the Home Minister said in a message on microblogging site ‘X’.
Shah chaired the last such review meeting on J&K on September 1.
Post Pahalgam attack in April, continuous operations have continued to dismantle the terror network in J&K and bring tourism in the region back to normalcy.
