Union Home Minister Amit Shah during a high-level meeting to review the preparedness to deal with flood situations in the country during the monsoon, at North Block in New Delhi, Thursday, June 2, 2022.
Kashmir target killings: Union Home Minister Amit Shah is currently holding a high-level meeting in Delhi to review the security situation in Jammu and Kashmir. The meeting is taking place against the backdrop of a spurt in targeted killings in the Valley. At least 16 civilians, including a few migrants, have lost their lives in separate incidents of targeted killings by terrorists in the last three months.
The hybrid terrorists in the past three months have killed 16 civilians in targeted attacks. The slain include 10 Kashmiri Muslims and six Hindus.
The meeting is underway at the Ministry of Home Affairs in the North Block. The meeting is being attended by Jammu and Kashmir L-G Manoj Sinha, National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval, Army Chief General Manoj Pande, Union Home Secretary Ajay Kumar Bhalla, DG CRPF Kuldiep Singh, Border Security Force (BSF) Chief Pankaj Singh, Jammu and Kashmir DGP Dilbagh Singh and other top officials.
Today's meeting is the second such exercise in less than a fortnight which comes at a time when terrorists have been carrying out targeted killings in the Valley. In the last meeting on June 17, the Home Minister had advocated pro-active and coordinated counter-terror operations and had asked security forces to ensure zero cross-border infiltration and wipe out terrorism from the UT which came into existence in August 2019.
Targeted killings in Kashmir
Earlier on Thursday, Doval had met Shah soon after a bank manager was killed by a terrorist in the Kulgam district of Kashmir. Late evening, two migrant labourers were shot at by terrorists in Budgam district. One of them succumbed to injuries while the second person is undergoing treatment at a local hospital.
Targeted killings have become a new tactic in Kashmir where the Modi government has given the security forces a free hand in taking the strongest action against those indulging in terror-related activities.
J&K: Govt employees demand transfer
Government employees posted in Jammu and Kashmir on Friday protested for the second day on Friday demanding transfer from Kashmir to their home districts. They are demanding transfer amid a spurt in targeted killings by terrorists in Kashmir.
On Thursday, under the banner of 'All Jammu-based reserved categories employees association', the protesters took out a march from the Press Club to Ambedkar Chowk. Today, the protesting employees held a sit-in at Panama Chowk in the heart of the city to press for their demand.
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