Ahead of the annual Amarnath pilgrimage that begins on June 28, the Jammu & Kashmir police and over 60 companies of paramilitary forces are fully geared up to protect the devotees along the yatra route from lakhanpur — the gateway of J&K up to different base camps in Pahalgam and Baltal in the Kashmir Valley.
The Director General of J&K Police K Rajendra after taking a comprehensive review of the security apparatus, law and order situation and preparedness of the police force on Saturday claimed so far there is no specific threat to the Amarnath yatra this year.
Rajendra said a comprehensive review of the yatra route has been taken and jawans of State police and paramilitary forces have been deployed on ground zero to ensure incident free yatra.
Interacting with the media persons here at Officers mess DGP said, “The Centre has provided us adequate forces to conduct the incident free-yatra. He said the overall security situation in the State is improving and the level of infiltration has also come down compared to previous year.
Commenting on the possible threat from militant outfits K Rajendra elaborated even though there is no specific threat to the yatra from any militant organisation this year the security forces and the State police is leaving nothing to chance.
Commenting on the overall security situation in the State DGP told reporters, the level of infiltration has come down compared to previous year. He said this year only 10 militants have managed to infiltrate inside the Indian territory. He said we have very fool proof anti-infiltration system, we have fool proof intelligence system.
We are alert to the threat calls and we are making all possible efforts to thwart the nefarious designs of militant outfits. He said the troops on the border and the line of control are also maintaining tight vigil to prevent any infiltration bid.