Amit Shah directs forces to replicate Kashmir Valley success in Jammu

Union home minister Amit Shah stressed on using modern technology to strengthen the local intelligence network, locating the tunnels used by terrorists and dealing with the drone intrusions.

New Delhi: Union home minister Amit Shah on Sunday directed the army, paramilitary forces and the intelligence agencies to replicate the successes achieved in Kashmir Valley against terrorism in the Jammu region as well by working in “mission mode” and a “coordinated manner”. The directions were given at a high-level meeting chaired by Shah at North Block on Sunday to review the security situation in Jammu and Kashmir in the wake of four terror attacks last week and preparedness for the upcoming Amarnath Yatra. The five-hour long meeting was attended by National Security Adviser Ajit Doval, lieutenant governor of Jammu and Kashmir Manoj Sinha, Army chief General Manoj Pande, Army chief-designate Lt. General Upendra Dwivedi, Union home secretary Ajay Bhalla, director of Intelligence Bureau (IB) Tapan Deka, Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) director general Anish Dayal Singh, Border Security Force (BSF) director general Nitin Agarwal, J&K police chief R R Swain and other top security officials.