Anti-terror ops, intrusion bids to be reviewed
*Likely to tour border for on spot assessment
Sanjeev Pargal
JAMMU, Jan 13: Union Home Secretary Govind Mohan, Director Intelligence Bureau (DIB) Tapan Deka and other top officials are reaching here on two-day visit of the Jammu region tomorrow morning for high-level review of security situation in the Union Territory including along the borders where Pakistan was trying to push infiltrators and weaponry through drones besides anti-terror operations in mountainous areas.
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Officials told the Excelsior that a high-level security review meeting at the Police Headquarters here tomorrow soon after arrival of the Home Secretary and the Director IB and a likely visit to the International Border are among the itinerary of top Central officials who will be on a two-day visit of the region on January 14 and 15.
They will return to New Delhi in the afternoon of January 15.
Chief Secretary Atal Dulloo, UT Home Secretary Chandraker Bharti, Director General of Police (DGP) Nalin Prabhat, Intelligence chief Nitish Kumar and all other top officials of Jammu and Kashmir Police from Police Headquarters, Security, Intelligence agencies and IGPs of Jammu and Kashmir divisions, heads of paramilitary forces and Central Intelligence agencies including IB will attend the high-level security review meeting scheduled at the Police Headquarters here tomorrow morning.
The meeting will be held soon after the arrival of the top brass here.
“An in-depth security review including ongoing anti-terror operations in the hilly areas of Doda, Kishtwar, Kathua, Udhampur etc in the Jammu region to eliminate the terrorists including foreigners will dominate the meeting agenda,” the sources said, adding contact has been established by security forces several times recently with terrorists but they managed to escape most of the times.
They added that all out focus of security agencies is on elimination of the terrorists wherever they are hiding especially during ongoing winters as there are reports that some of the groups may have come down in view of extreme chill.
While no major infiltration attempt has been reported along the Line of Control (LoC) and International Border (IB) recently, the reports are that the terrorists have been camping at launch pads on Pakistan side of the borders waiting for an opportunity to sneak-in. Army and BSF have been maintaining very high alert along the LoC and IB to thwart the intrusion bids.
“Anti-infiltration measures and further strengthening of the Anti-Infiltration Grid are also expected to come up for review during the security meeting,” the sources said.
They added that the top Central officials are also expected to undertake a visit to the International Border in Jammu sector for on spot assessment of the situation.
The visit of the Union Home Secretary-led Central officials to the Jammu region comes less than a week after Home Minister Amit Shah reviewed security situation in Jammu and Kashmir in New Delhi on January 8. The meeting among others was attended by Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha, top officials of MHA, paramilitary forces, Intelligence agencies and senior civil and police officials of J&K.
Appreciating the efforts of the security agencies for strengthening security scenario of J&K, Shah stated that “counter-terror operations targeting terrorist infrastructure and terror financing in a mission mode should be continued”.
He had said that under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Government is committed to lasting peace in J&K and completely eliminating terrorism.
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