Amit Shah chairs security review meeting in Srinagar
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Srinagar, June 23: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday chaired a security review meeting in Srinagar, officials said.
They said the meeting, also attended by J&K Lt Governor Manoj Sinha and top security and intelligence officials, discussed in detail the security situation in J&K with a special focus on the upcoming Amarnath Yatra.
Sources said Shah took a detailed review of the preparations made for the smooth conduct of the upcoming Amarnath pilgrimage.
The 62-day pilgrimage, which begins on 1 July, is expected to see an increase in visitors from last year’s 3.45 lakh to 5 lakh.
Shah arrived on a two-day visit to Jammu and Kashmir on Friday. Earlier the day, four unidentified infiltrators were killed along the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kupwara district.
11 militants were neutralized in June by the joint teams of the Army & Police in three separate encounters along the LoC UNI
