Jammu|Jan,13 : Union Home Minister Amit Shah arrived in Jammu on Friday to meet the families of those killed in the terror attack in Rajouri.
Shah was received at Jammu Airport by Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha . Shah will visit the Rajouri district to review the ground situation with the security forces, said sources. The Home Minister’s visit comes in the wake of twin terror attacks in Rajouri which left seven people dead. According to the sources, Shah will visit the place where the militant attack took place and meet the family members of the civilians killed in these incidents. He will also meet officials of the Jammu and Kashmir administration and security forces.
Notably, six civilians including two children were killed and many more injured in two back to back militant attacks in Upper Dangri village in Rajouri district on January 1 and 2. While four people were killed on January 1 evening, two children were killed and several others injured after a suspected Improvised Explosive Device (IED) blast occurred in the same vicinity in Rajouri’s Upper Dhangri village on January 2 morning.
After Reaching Rajouri, Shah will go to Dhangri to inspect the site of the militant attacks and interact with the families of the victims. In Jammu, he will preside over the meeting of officers of civil administration and security establishment at Raj Bhavan. Earlier on January 9, the Home Minister held a crucial meeting with top leaders of the Jammu and Kashmir unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party at his residence in New Delhi . The meeting was in the wake of the recent militant attacks in the Kashmir valley.
