Home Minister Amit Shah reviews security situation, development programs in JK

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday reviewed the security situation and development issues in Jammu and Kashmir where four heavilyarmed terrorists who had come from Pakistan were killed early this morning officials saidIn the prescheduled meeting the home minister reviewed the prevailing security situation in the Union Territory and steps taken to deal with the Pakistanbacked terrorists and maintain peaceThe development programmes being carried out in the UT were also discussed threadbare at the meeting an official saidAlso read Four terrorists killed in encounter with security forces in JammuThe meeting was attended by Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir Manoj Sinha senior officials of the ministry paramilitary forces the Jammu and Kashmir administration and policeThere have been sporadic incidents of violence in Jammu and Kashmir in recent months that include attacks on innocent civilians and security personnel and infiltration bids from across the border officials saidThe four heavilyarmed terrorists who were killed in a chance encounter in Jammu early Wednesday came from Pakistan police saidEarly this month there were reports that members of the Kashmiri Pandit community working in the Valley were in a state of panic after a terrorist group released a hit list of 56 employees from among themA blog linked to The Resistance Front TRF an offshoot of the LashkareTaiba published the list of 56 Kashmiri Pandit employees who were recruited under the Prime Ministers Rehabilitation Package PMRP and warned of mounting attacks on themIn the aftermath of targeted killings by terrorists several Kashmiri Pandits employed in the Valley under the PMRP have shifted to Jammu and are on a protest for over 200 days demanding relocation of the rest of themThe government had informed Parliament that as many as 118 civilians including five Kashmiri Pandits and 16 other Hindus and Sikhs were killed in Jammu and Kashmir since the abrogation of Article 370 in 2019 till July 2022The killings of Kashmiri Pandits had triggered protests by members of the community and they demanded enhanced security and the transfer of government employees to safer locationsIn May four Hindu pilgrims were killed and at least 20 injured when their bus caught fire near Katra in Jammu Police suspect a sticky bomb might have been used to trigger the fireArticle 370 which gave special status to Jammu and Kashmir was abrogated on August 5 2019 and the state was divided into two Union Territories Jammu and Kashmir and LadakhIn a separate meeting the home minister also reviewed the development initiatives being carried out in LadakhThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever