In the wake of the recent militant attacks in Kashmir, top security officials in Jammu and Kashmir reviewed the security situation in the Union Territory of J&K at a high-level meeting in Srinagar on Wednesday, as reported by the news agency PTI. The officials also took a review of the functioning of the security grid on Wednesday, officials said.
According to the officials, the meeting of the Unified Headquarters held discussions on the security-related aspects in the Union Territory, the officials said. The meeting was attended by senior officers of the police, Army, CAPFs and civil administration.
The meeting came in the backdrop of the recent attacks in the valley in which police personnel and a non-local labourer were killed, while another policeman was critically injured, PTI reported. The meeting discussed measures to stop the killings of civilians and police personnel in the valley, the officials said, as per the news agency.
The meeting was informed that efforts by different security agencies were underway to track down and neutralise the militants involved in the recent attacks. They said the situation on the borders was also discussed. As per the officials, the senior officers took stock of the functioning of the security grid and various aspects related to security in the Union Territory. The meeting resolved to dismantle the militancy support structure and network aiding them.
Earlier on Wednesday, scurity forces arrested four militant associates linked with the Lashkar-e-Taiba outfit and recovered arms and ammunition from their possession in Jammu and Kashmir’s Baramulla, PTI reported, citing police. At a checkpoint established at Naradhiri Dangerpora junction on Monday, security forces intercepted two suspicious persons who on seeing the joint party of the forces tried to flee, but were tactfully apprehended, a police spokesperson said.