Even as the graph of terrorist violence is spiralling up in the run up to the 43-day long yatra beginning from June 30, the paramilitary forces are fully geared up to ensure peaceful conduct of the yatra. More than 70 terrorists have been neutralised in the Kashmir region till date across South, central and North Kashmir districts of Kashmir valley.
To ensure smooth conduct of the yatra additional companies of paramilitary forces will be deployed along the yatra route and pilgrim base camps,transit accommodations etc.
Meanwhile, to tackle the threat of random grenade throwing and 'sticky bombs' on moving vehicles the central paramilitary forces are going to sensitise their jawans to prevent such strikes alogn the yatra route.
Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) Deputy Inspector General, Hiranagar Range, Devender Yadav, Wednesday said alertness is the key to deal with the threat of "sticky bombs". "There is no way but alertness to deal with the problem. In our area of responsibility, security deployments will be put on alert and jawans will be sensitised about the threat". The CRPF officer was interacting with the media persons on the sidelines of a sporting event in Jammu.
By carrying out successful anti-terrorist operations on the basis of pin pointed human intelligence the security agencies are demonstrating perfect synergy to neutralise the maximum number of active terrorists in the region.
On Wednesday the security forces eliminated one terrorist in Salinder forest area of Bandipore while another operation was going in Marhamaa area of Bijbehara in Anantnag.
A twitter handle of Kashmir Zone police wednesday evening posted a message one terrorist has been killed. So far 1 AK rifle, 03 magazines recovered. The killed terrorist was a part of newly infiltrated #terror group. Search for other 02 terrorists is in progress"
In Jammu region, P V Rama Sastry, Additional Director General, Western Command, Chandigarh BSF visited forward areas of LoC at Poonch and Rajouri and reviewed the security situation in the region.
S P S Sandhu, DIG BSF in a statement said, "BSF Sector Rajouri DIG and Battalion commanders briefed ADG BSF on the ground about complexities of management, overall deployment of BSF and domination plan of LC area under prevailing current security scenario. ADG BSF also visited the vital areas of Poonch and Rajouri Sectors and examined the operational preparedness of field formations".