UNION HOME MINISTER AMIT SHAH CHAIRS MEETING WITH SENIOR OFFICIALS IN SRINAGAR TO REVIEW SECURITY

According to officials, Union Home Minister Amit Shah assessed the state of affairs in Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday, including the security measures in place along the Pakistani border.

Senior representatives of the Center and the Union Territory administration, along with National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval and Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir Manoj Sinha and Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla, attended the meeting presided over by Shah.

According to an official, the meeting covered the security situation in Jammu and Kashmir.

Following assaults on security officers, attempted infiltrations, and killings in the Union Territory, a security review was conducted.

On Thursday, security officers along the Line of Control (LoC) in the Kamalkote sector of Uri killed three infiltrators.

In the past four days, terrorists from across the border have attempted at least three times to infiltrate Jammu and Kashmir.

On Tuesday night, a gang of terrorists attempted to cross into Indian territory in the Pallanwala region of Jammu and Kashmir. They were fired upon by alert forces, which caused them to flee.

According to the officials, on August 21, soldiers stationed in Rajouri's Jhangar sector in Naushera saw the movement of two to three terrorists on the Indian side of the LoC and confronted them.

One of the terrorists attempted to escape but was hit by army fire and captured alive. According to the officials, the two other terrorists were able to escape.

Two to three terrorists attempted to sneak into Naushera's Lam sector on the night between August 22 and 23. A succession of mines started to activate as they advanced into minefields, instantly killing two ultras.

On August 11, terrorists attacked an Army camp in the Rajouri district, leaving four troops dead. After the early-morning suicide attack that marked the "fidayeen" militants' return to Jammu and Kashmir after more than three years, the two assailants were shot and killed in a shootout.

The administration has informed Parliament that since the repeal of Article 370, 118 people have been killed in Jammu and Kashmir, including five Kashmiri Pandits and 16 other Hindus and Sikhs.