New Delhi, Oct 09 (KNO): Reaffirming the PM Modi led government’s resolve to achieve a terrorism-free Jammu and Kashmir, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday asserted that security forces will continue to have full operational freedom to eliminate any threat to peace and stability in the region.
Shah, according to the news agency—Kashmir News Observer, chaired a high-level meeting in New Delhi to review the security situation in Jammu and Kashmir.
After the meeting ended the Union Home Minister wrote on X: "Reviewed the security of Jammu and Kashmir along with the Lt. Governor and other senior officials. We are committed to cripple the terror ecosystem in J&K.”
"Our security forces will continue to have full freedom to crush any attempt to threaten peace and security in the region. Instructed to further intensify alertness and synergy to accelerate Modi Ji's vision of a terror-free Jammu and Kashmir," he wrote further.
The security review meeting was attended by J&K Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha; the Union Home Secretary; the Director, Intelligence Bureau; the Chief of Army Staff; the J&K Chief Secretary and Director General of Police of Jammu and Kashmir; the Directors General of the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs); and senior officers from the Government of India, the Army, and the Jammu and Kashmir administration.
An official said that the meeting discussed J&K situation threadbare and the participants briefed Home Minister Shah about the ground situation.
“Due to the determined efforts of the security agencies, the terrorist network nurtured by the enemies of the nation in J&K have been almost eliminated,” the Union Home Minister said.
He asked the security forces to remain fully prepared to ensure that terrorists do not exploit snowfall to infiltrate across the border.
Shah reiterated the Centre’s unwavering commitment to achieving the goal of a terrorism-free Jammu and Kashmir.
“Any attempt to threaten peace and security in the region will be dealt with sternly. Security forces will continue to have full freedom to crush any design which is aimed at creating chaos,” Shah said.
The Union Home Minister appreciated the steps taken by the local administration and security agencies following the Pahalgam terror attack. “These initiatives have helped strengthen the overall security landscape of Jammu and Kashmir,” he added.
Shah underlined the critical role of all security agencies in working in close coordination and maintaining utmost vigilance to completely eradicate terrorism from the region.
Pertinently, the Union Home Minister during his visit to Jammu last month chaired a comprehensive security review meeting and had reiterated the Central Government’s unwavering zero-tolerance policy against terrorism under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Shah had arrived in Kashmir soon after the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack that left 26 civilians, mostly tourists dead, and directed the security agencies to deal with the terrorists and their supporters with a “heavy hand.”
He had visited Baisaran Valley in Pahalgam, a terror attack site, also.
Post Pahalgam terror attack continuous operations have been going on to dismantle the terror network in Jammu and Kashmir and efforts are on to ensure that tourism returns to normal—(KNO)