“Adopt ruthless approach while taking stringent actions on acts of militancy”
“Laudable Are The Efforts Of Security agencies for improving security scenario”
New Delhi: After cutting short Tuesday’s security review meeting on Jammu and Kashmir, Union Home Minister Amit Shah chaired another meeting here on Wednesday to conclude the discussions on sensitive issues, sources said on Wednesday. They said that the meeting commenced at 11 am at the Home Minister’s residence in the National Capital and continued for nearly 2-hours. As already Union Home Minister couldn’t conclude the meeting yesterday as he had to rush to the Parliament to attend the Prime Minister’s reply.
The security review meeting was on Wednesday attended by J&K Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha, the Union Home Secretary, the Director of the Intelligence Bureau, the Chief Secretary Atal Duloo and the Director General of J&K Police Nalin Prabhat, along with senior officials of the Ministry of Home Affairs and the J&K administration.
On Tuesday the Union Home Minister had discussed the J&K security situation with the Chief of the Army Staff, General Upendra Dwivedi, the Home Secretary and other senior officers of MHA and Army.
Shah, according to an official statement, while addressing the meeting, said that the government under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi is committed to completely wipe out militancy from Jammu and Kashmir. “Due to the sustained and coordinated efforts of the Modi government, the militant ecosystem in Jammu and Kashmir has been significantly weakened,” he added.
The Home Minister directed all security agencies to step up the fight against militancy by aiming for the ‘zero infiltration’ goal.” Shah asked all security agencies to take more stringent action on infiltration and acts of terror with a ruthless approach. “It should be our goal to uproot the existence of terrorists,” he said.
The Union Home Minister said that the narco network is providing support to infiltrators and militants to carry out their activities. “There is a need to take prompt action against terror funding from the proceeds of the narcotics trade with alacrity and rigour,” he said.
Shah directed the agencies to make new appointments in the posts of Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) in view of the timely implementation of the new criminal laws. The Union Home Minister emphasised the Modi government’s ‘policy of zero tolerance’ against militancy to achieve the goal of militancy -free Jammu and Kashmir. He directed all security agencies to remain vigilant and continue to work in synergy to eliminate militancy in Jammu and Kashmir. He appreciated the efforts of the security agencies for significant improvement in all parameters of the security scenario in Jammu and Kashmir
