Jammu/ July,28 : National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval on Sunday held a meeting of the counter-militancy grid in Jammu and Kashmir in view of a major militant attack threat in the Kashmir Valley, reported ndtv a national news channel.
Quoting sources from the government the report said that the security establishment on Sunday confirmed inputs that Pakistan Army-backed militant groups are planning to carry out a major attack on Indian soil, and therefore 100 companies of paramilitary groups have been deployed in the Kashmir Valley.
The NSA had gone to Kashmir Valley to meet the top officials of the counter security grid, following which the decision to deploy additional force was taken. The reports quoted sources as saying that the militant infrastructure and ISI want to further vitiate the situation in Jammu and Kashmir after the successful organisation of the Panchayat elections in the state and the peaceful conduct of Amarnath Yatra. A record number of yatris have taken part in Amarnath Yatra.
On last Saturday, Minister of Home Affairs of India (MHA) ordered the deployment of 10,000 paramilitary personnel, ostensibly, for ‘counter-militancy operations’ and for maintaining ‘law and order’ in the Valley. As news of the deployment spread, the people in the Valley assumed that the troops are being deployed to arrest a fallout after the possible scrapping of Article 35A which gives the special status to state subjects of Jammu & Kashmir. However, the current situation on the ground seems different as the news of the suspected militant attack in Jammu and Kashmir has come to light.
Special flights carrying CAPFs (Central Armed Police Force) have landed at Srinagar airport during the last three days, while convoys carrying additional companies of these forces are reaching the Valley through the Jammu-Srinagar national highway.
Over 450 companies of CAPF (40,000 troops) are already deployed for the security of the ongoing Amarnath Yatra and other security-related duties in the Valley at present.
