Union Home Secretary Govind Mohan on Thursday held a meeting with Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha here and discussed the security situation, ongoing anti-terror operations and the operational preparedness of the security forces in the Union Territory.
The Home Secretary, who is on a two-day visit to Jammu, later also chaired another high-level meeting to review the heightened operational security up in hilly areas, the overall security situation, and to assess ongoing anti-terror operations and drone incursions along the borders.
The Home Secretary called on the LG at the Lok Bhawan this morning and held discussions on wide-ranging security, operations and development-related issues in Jammu and Kashmir, officials said.
“They discussed and reviewed the current security situation in the Kashmir and Jammu regions, the ongoing anti-terror operations in the Valley and the hilly areas of the Jammu region and the operational preparedness of the joint security grid. Inter-agency coordination among the police, paramilitary forces, the army and intelligence agencies was also discussed,” an official said.
“Issues related to enhanced security measures in the mountainous areas of Jammu in view of recent terror activities were also reviewed,” the official added.
The visit of the Home Secretary comes a week after the Union Home Minister, Amit Shah, directed the security forces to continue operations targeting terrorist infrastructure, their overground workers (OGWs) and terror financing in a mission mode approach.
The meeting with security officers was attended by the Intelligence Bureau Director (IB), Tapan Deka, BSF Director General, Praveen Kumar, CRPF chief, GP Singh, J&K DGP Nalin Prabhat and senior military, police, civil, and intelligence officers.
Security forces are engaged in massive anti-terror operations, especially in high-altitude areas and forest belts across Jammu, where nearly three dozen terrorists, including Pakistanis, are believed to be hiding after infiltrating into the region more than two years ago.
There has also been a spurt in drone activity along the International Border (IB) and the Line of Control (LoC), with intelligence reports suggesting the presence of terrorists waiting to infiltrate under the cover of dense fog.