Jammu & Kashmir Killings: Amit Shah Chairs High-Level Meet To Review Situation, NSA Doval Also Present

National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval, Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla and Intelligence Bureau (IB) chief Arvind Kumar were among those present in the meeting.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah (File Pic)

New Delhi: In the wake of the killing of civilians in Jammu and Kashmir, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday chaired a high-level security meeting in his office at the North Block in the national capital.

National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval, Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla and Intelligence Bureau (IB) chief Arvind Kumar were among those present in the meeting.

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The meeting, which also saw the participation of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) chief Kuldiep Singh and Border Security Force (BSF) Director General Pankaj Singh, lasted for around 2.45 hours, ANI reported.

The meeting assumes significance as, in a spate of targeted killings in the Kashmir valley, the principal and a teacher of a government school were killed by the terrorists in Srinagar earlier in the day.

“The terrorists shot dead two school teachers at Sangam Eidgah in Srinagar district at around 11 a.m.,” a police official said.

Earlier on Tuesday evening, a businessman was killed by the terrorists in Srinagar. The incident took place near Srinagar’s Iqbal Park where the terrorists fired upon Makhan Lal Bindroo, the owner of Bindroo Medicate. Bindroo, a Kashmiri Pandit, was shifted to hospital where he succumbed to his injuries.

A street hawker identified as Virender Paswan, a resident of Bihar’s Bhagalpur district, was also shot dead by the terrorists near Madin Sahib in Hawal on the outskirts of Srinagar city on Tuesday evening.

Mohammad Shafi Lone, a taxi driver in Naidkhai in Bandipora district, was also shot dead by the militants.

Meanwhile, Jammu and Kashmir Director General of Police (DGP) Dilbag Singh said these recent incidents of targeting civilians are to create an atmosphere of fear and communal disharmony.

“This is a conspiracy to target local ethos and values and defame the local Kashmiri Muslims. This is being done on instructions from the agencies in Pakistan,” he added.