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Business News/ Politics / Policy/  Amarnath yatra attack: Rajnath Singh calls high-level meeting to review security situation
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Amarnath yatra attack: Rajnath Singh calls high-level meeting to review security situation

A high-level central team led by MoS for home Hansraj Ahir will visit Jammu and Kashmir to assess the security of the pilgrimage following the Amarnath yatra attack

Union home minister Rajnath Singh on Monday directed officials to ensure foolproof security for Amarnath pilgrims. PTIPremium
Union home minister Rajnath Singh on Monday directed officials to ensure foolproof security for Amarnath pilgrims. PTI

New Delhi: Home minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday called a high-level meeting to review the situation in Jammu and Kashmir in the wake of the killing of Amarnath pilgrims by terrorists.

National security advisor Ajit Doval, top officials of the home ministry, intelligence agencies and central paramilitary forces are attending the meeting. The home minister, in a telephonic call to governor N.N. Vohra and chief minister Mehbooba Mufti, sought details of the attack on Monday.

The meeting will take stock of the situation in Jammu and Kashmir, security of Amarnath pilgrims and how to prevent such possible attacks in the future, official sources said.

A high-level central team led by minister of state for home Hansraj Ahir will also visit Jammu and Kashmir to assess the security of the pilgrimage to the high altitude cave shrine located in Anantnag district.

Director general of CRPF R.R. Bhatnagar has already reached Srinagar to review the deployment of the central forces in the pilgrimage route. He will also attend a security review meeting convened by Governor N.N. Vohra in Srinagar.

Also Read: Terrorists kill 7 Amarnath Yatra pilgrims, injure 32 in Anantnag

Terrorists yesterday killed seven Amarnath pilgrims, including six women, and injured 19 others as they struck at a bus in Kashmir’s Anantnag district.

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Published: 11 Jul 2017, 10:02 AM IST
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