Srinagar, Aug 1 (IANS) In the aftermath of the terror attack in Kulgam district in which two non-local labourers were killed, Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha, on Saturday chaired a high level security meeting.
The Lieutenant Governor directed all the Deputy Commissioners and SSPs to conduct a comprehensive review of the Standard Operating Procedures (SoPs) established to protect labourers from outside Jammu and Kashmir.
He also directed that the employers must ensure all workers from other states and UTs of the country are provided insurance and that their details are registered with local police and district authorities.
“We must intensify precise, high-impact anti-terror operations to neutralise the terrorists,” the Lieutenant Governor said.
He instructed the authorities to ensure dignified last rites for the victims of the Kulgam terror attack and to provide all the support to the bereaved families. The meeting also discussed the security arrangements in place for the ongoing Amarnath Yatra and strengthening of the security grid.
The meeting was attended by Atal Dullo, Chief Secretary; Nalin Prabhat, DGP; Chandraker Bharti, Principal Secretary Home Department; S.J.M. Gillani, Special DG Coordination PHQ; Nitish Kumar, ADGP, CID; M Raju, Commissioner/Secretary, GAD; IGPs; Divisional Commissioners; SSPs, Deputy Commissioners and other senior officers.
After killing prominent citizens, religious and political workers and forcing the exodus of Kashmiri Pandits from the Valley, terrorists have shifted their activities to hybrid terrorism by attacking innocent unarmed non-local labourers, roadside traders, drivers and other non-local skilled labourers in the Valley.
J&K Police and the security forces are maintaining high vigil around non-local labourer transit camps and also ensuring that night patrolling in increased to dominate areas where terrorists are suspected to exist and where over ground workers of terrorist outfits are believed to be still active in J&K.
–IANS
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