Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation, Amit Shah chaired a high-level review meeting on the security situation in Jammu and Kashmir in New Delhi on Tuesday.
The meeting was attended by the Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir, Manoj Sinha, the Union Home Secretary, the Director of the Intelligence Bureau, the Chief Secretary and the Director General of Police of Jammu and Kashmir, along with senior officials of the Ministry of Home Affairs and the Jammu and Kashmir administration.
Shah, yesterday also held an important review meeting on the security situation in Jammu and Kashmir, which was attended by the Chief of the Army Staff, General Upendra Dwivedi, the Home Secretary and other senior officers of MHA and Army.
Addressing the meeting, according to an official statement, Shah said that the government under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi was committed to completely wipe out terrorism from Jammu and Kashmir.
He said that due to the sustained and coordinated efforts of the Modi government, the “terrorism ecosystem in Jammu and Kashmir has been significantly weakened.”
The Home Minister directed all security agencies to step up the fight against terrorism by aiming for the ‘zero infiltration’ goal, the statement reads.
He asked all security agencies to take more stringent action on “infiltration and acts of terror with a ruthless approach.” He said that it should be “our goal to uproot the existence of terrorists”, the statement said.
Amit Shah said that the narco network was providing support to infiltrators and terrorists to carry out their activities. He said that there was a need to take prompt action against terror funding from the proceeds of the narcotics trade with alacrity and rigour, it said.
Amit Shah also directed the agencies to make new appointments in the posts of Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) in view of the timely implementation of the new criminal laws.
Shah emphasised the Modi government’s ‘policy of zero tolerance’ against terrorism to achieve the goal of a terrorism-free Jammu and Kashmir. He directed all security agencies to remain vigilant and continue to work in synergy to eliminate terrorism in Jammu and Kashmir.
Union Home Minister appreciated the efforts of the security agencies for significant improvement in all parameters of the security scenario in Jammu and Kashmir, the statement added.
The meetings were held in the back drop of militant attack in south Kashmir’s Kulgam district in which ex-army man Manzoor Ahmad Wagay was killed and his wife and niece were injured. (GNS)
