Amit Shah to overview J&Ok safety, give attention to counter-terrorism measures

Union dwelling minister Amit Shah will conduct a safety overview of Jammu and Kashmir with heads of para-military forces, UT Police, and safety businesses in Jammu, with the give attention to taking the combat to the terrorists on either side of Pir Panjal.

Whereas the safety forces in Jammu and Kashmir have synergized counter-terrorist operations and have been capable of pro-actively neutralize terrorists belonging to Pakistan primarily based teams and their proxies within the Valley, there are intelligence studies indicating smuggling of ready-made IEDs from throughout the LoC. The IEDs and weapons are being despatched through the use of drones from throughout the border with mountain terrain giving them camouflage and radar safety. It’s understood that many RDX-based IEDs have been despatched from throughout the border to create mayhem with the UT and within the Indian hinterland.

In keeping with officers primarily based in Jammu and Srinagar, Shah will probably be briefed on terror actions in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir and the variety of infiltrators on the launch pads planning to cross the closely patrolled line with the melting of snows on excessive mountain passes.

Regardless that the Jammu and Kashmir police, with the assist of para-military forces and the Indian Military, have been capable of neutralize a lot of terrorists prior to now three months, cadres of the Bahawalpur primarily based Jaish-e-Mohammed are energetic in South Kashmir and Muridke primarily based Lashkar-e-Taiba is working by means of its proxy, the resistance entrance, within the Valley.

With the US-led coalition in Afghanistan abandoning a mountain of refined weapons together with assault rifles, night time imaginative and prescient gadgets, sniper rifles, C-4 explosives after the Taliban occupation of Kabul on August 15, 2021, there may be concern inside the safety businesses that the US-made weapons will make their means into arms of Pakistani Punjabi terror teams for use within the Valley. Already, the JeM, which has ideological and household hyperlinks with prime Taliban management, is utilizing the US-made M-4 carbine and really troublesome to intercept refined communication gadgets other than all-weather clothes and haversacks.

Whereas the house minister will overview the safety measures of the LoC in order that Pak infiltrators don’t come throughout borders utilizing tunnels, the safety company concerned in inner safety will give the state of radicalization within the UT. The important thing requirement of the para-military forces like BSF is anti-drone tools that may neutralize the weapon and explosive carrying drones from throughout the border as it is just a matter of time when the terrorists begin utilizing the unmanned automobiles to take out troop convoys or high-value targets in airbases close to the western border and the LoC.