High-Level Security Review Meet To Be Held In Jammu-Kashmir Today Ahead Of G20 Events, Amarnath Yatra

Ahead of the G20 events and Amarnath Yatra, a high-level security meeting will be held in Srinagar on Tuesday.

Security has been beefed up in north Kashmir ahead of a G20 meeting in the valley later this month.

Source : PTI

A high-level meeting will be held in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday to review the security in view of the upcoming G20 events, Amarnath Yatra and the recent attacks in Poonch and Rajouri. The meeting will be chaired by Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla and will be attended by top security officials including police officials, the Director of the Intelligence Bureau (IB), officials of Army, Border Security Force (BSF), and Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF). The focus will be on the law and order situation and security-related matters in the region. A security official confirmed the meeting and said that a high-level meeting will be chaired in Srinagar. 

“Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla and the Director Intelligence Bureau will fly from New Delhi to Srinagar and Bhalla will preside over the meeting. Apart from CRPF and BSF, officers from various intelligence agencies will also participate in the meeting”, the official said. 

Security has been beefed up in north Kashmir ahead of a G20 meet in the valley later this month in view of three back-to-back encounters with militants in which five ultras were killed, officials said on Sunday.

During this meeting, the officials will finalise security arrangements for the Amarnath Yatra and the security details for the G20 events which will be held between May 22 and May 24. These are the first G20 events to be held in Srinagar during India’s presidency. Meanwhile, the J&K administration has already said that the G20 event will be a great opportunity to showcase the tourism potential of the union territory. 

According to sources, the security grid in Kashmir has already prepared a plan and it will be showcased through a PowerPoint presentation during the meeting. Sources have also said that in the meeting, the recent attacks in Poonch and Rajouri will be discussed. Ahead of the G20 events in Srinagar, the security grid in Jammu and Kashmir is on high alert.

Additional security personnel have been deployed on the ground and drones are being used for aerial surveillance, they said. Sniffer dogs are assisting security personnel in checking vehicles at various checkpoints established to prevent the movement of militants or explosives.