Amit Shah reviews security situation, development projects in J&K; Appreciates the initiative taken by UT

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday reviewed the security situation in Jammu and Kashmir and the development projects being implemented there, a Home Affairs spokesperson said. His meeting with top officials of the central government and union territory administration took place two days after the Taliban announced its interim government. Afghanistan.

There have been reports that Pakistan-based terror groups Jaish-e-Mohammed and Lashkar-e-Taiba – both active in Jammu and Kashmir and involved in a large number of terror attacks in the past – have shifted their bases to Afghanistan . Taliban rule is going on.

Official sources said the Home Minister reviewed the security situation in Jammu and Kashmir and the steps being taken to prevent cross-border infiltration and maintain peace in the Union Territory.

Sirajuddin Haqqani, Afghanistan’s new caretaker interior minister, heads the Haqqani network’s terrorist group, which in the past was responsible for attacks on Indian properties, including the Indian embassy in Kabul. “As Muslims, we also have the right to raise our voices for Muslims in Kashmir, India or any other country,” Taliban spokesman Suhail Shaheen said last week.

Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha, NSA Ajit Doval, Army Chief General MM Naravane, Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla, Intelligence Bureau Director Arvind Kumar, RAW chief Samant Goel, BSF DG Pankaj Singh and CRPF chief Kuldeep Singh attended the meeting. .

The meeting is believed to have discussed political and security implications in the Kashmir Valley after the death of hardline Hurriyat Conference president Syed Ali Shah Geelani.

The group has already elected Masarat Alam Bhat as its chairman, who is currently in jail. Shah also reviewed various development initiatives being implemented in Jammu and Kashmir, including the Rs 80,000 crore package announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2015.

Shah had in the past said that the all-round development and welfare of the people of the Union Territory is on the top priority list of the Modi government.

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