Ahead of a crucial meeting on Jammu & Kashmir, National Security Adviser Ajit Doval on Thursday met Union Home Minister Amit Shah to discuss the security situation in the Union Territory which has witnessed a spate of targeted killings since May 12.
Shah will chair the high-level meeting on Friday to discuss the security situation in Jammu & Kashmir, 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. Jammu & Kashmir Lt Governor Manoj Sinha and senior officials will also attend the meeting.
Doval, along with RAW chief Samant Goel, was closeted with Shah for over an hour at the Home Minister’s office at North Block this afternoon, official sources said. Home Secretary AK Bhalla also had a meeting with senior J&K police officials and heads of CRPF, CISF and ITBP on Thursday.
The Fridays’ meeting chaired by the Home Minister is expected to take stock of the arrangements for the annual Amarnath yatra being held after a two-year hiatus due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
The meeting will be held amid protests by Kashmiri Pandit community seeking protection and some of them leaving the valley following the targeted killings.
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 union territory.