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Centre directs security forces to increase vigil ahead of PM's J-K visit |
The Centre has reportedly directed the Jammu and Kashmir
Government
and security forces in the state to step up vigil following intelligence inputs
that Hizb-ul-Mujahideen chief Syed Salahuddin has asked his cadres to step up
violence ahead of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's visit to the region. The Prime
Minister will undertake a two-day visit to the state on October 28 and 29 during
which he will inaugurate the Anantnag-Qazigund section of the Kashmir rail link
project. A senior Home Ministry official, speaking on condition of anonymity,
told a private channel that intelligence agencies have intercepted communications
between the Hizbul headquarters in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir and cadres operating
in Kashmir which suggested that Salahuddin was very upset over the killing of
top Hizb militant Omer Maviya and wanted revenge. According to the intercepts,
Salahuddin has directed his cadres to step up violence ahead of the Prime Minister's
visit and disrupt his programmes. In the wake of these intercepts, security forces
have been deployed in all sensitive areas and searches are also being carried
out in specific pockets to flush out militants. |
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