Ahead of the Republic Day celebrations in Jammu and Kashmir, Lt-Governor Manoj Sinha Thursday chaired a unified command meeting to review the prevailing security situation here at the Convention centre in Jammu.
The meeting was attended by the senior most army officers of the Udhampur based Northern Command,DGP Jammu and Kashmir Police, Special DG BSF (Western command), CRPF and intelligence agency officers.During the meeting the senior officers gave a detailed briefing on the prevailing security situation in Jammu and Kashmir and also deliberated on the security challenges especially in the wake of desperate attempts being made by Pakistan-based terror outfits to disturb peace and communal harmony in the region.
Latest intelligence reports warning of fresh terror strikes on vital installations along the International border with Pakistan and close to the line of control in the frontier districts of Rajouri and Poonch were also discussed.
According to these intelligence reports, Pakistan army has been imparting training to small batches of highly radicalised groups of terrorists before pushing them inside the Indian territory to carry out sensational strikes.
Names of some of the senior Pakistan army officers, who were imparting training to these terror modules in terrorist training camps located in the Pakistan Occupied Kashmir have also surfaced establishing complicity of the Pakistan army in aiding and abetting cross border terrorism on the Indian territory.
Highly placed sources revealed, "use of drones and tunnels by the Pakistan based terror outfits to smuggle consignment of arms and ammunition and pushing terrorists was also discussed during the meeting".
Senior BSF and J&K police officers briefed Lt-Gov Manoj Sinha about steps being taken to prevent recurrence of such episodes of arms dropping and tunnel digging along the International border. Lt-Governor was also briefed about the successful anti terrorists operations conducted during 2020 which resulted in the elimination of 220 terrorists including two dozen top commanders of different terror outfits.
A separate review of the preparedness of the security forces to meet future challenges was also taken by the Lt-Governor Manoj Sinha. Feedback of senior security forces was also taken over restoration of 4G Mobile internet facility in 18 districts of Jammu and Kashmir in the near future.