Jammu, senior BSF officials and police officials from Jammu, Kashmir and Punjab on Thursday discussed ways to share real-time information and further strengthen the anti-infiltration network along the international border at a meeting in Kathua district, where Five members of the army were killed in a terrorist ambush three days ago.
The inter-state security review meeting came amid information that terrorists behind Monday's ambush of an army patrol may have infiltrated across the International Border (IB) into Kathua and Samba districts in the region. from Jammu or in Pathankot in Punjab, officials said. of the events, he said.
The security network along the IB in Jammu and Kashmir and Punjab has been reviewed along with measures to plug any loopholes to counter infiltration from Pakistan, they said while giving details of the meeting held at the district police lines in Kathua and chaired by Border Security. Director General Special Force (BSF), Western Command, Y B Khuraia.
Jammu and Kashmir Director General of Police R R Swain and his Punjab counterpart Gaurav Yadav were among those present at the more than three-hour meeting.
Strengthening coordination and real-time input sharing between police and border guard agencies was also discussed in detail, with a focus on strengthening synergy to counter terrorist threats and arms and narcotics smuggling, the officials said. officials.
They said the meeting was also attended by J-K Additional Director General of Police (Law and Order) Vijay Kumar, Punjab ADG (Law and Order) Arpit Shukla, Additional Director General (Jammu Zone) Anand Jain and officials of BSF rank inspector general of Punjab and Jammu. .
The meeting also comes at a time when terrorist activity has increased in the otherwise peaceful region of Jammu, where terrorists managed to carry out five attacks in the span of a month, between June 9 and June 8. July.
On infiltration, officials said the routes in Jammu, believed to have been used by terrorists, were active when militancy was at its peak in the area more than two decades ago. The Jammu region has been cleared of terrorists, but the resurgence of terrorist activities has raised serious security concerns.
They said the terrorists, after infiltrating, are believed to have reached the dense forests of Machedi connecting Basantgarh in Udhampur and Bhaderwah in Doda district.
The ambush was laid on the Machedi-Kindli-Malhar mountain road near Badnota village in Kathua.
More than 60 people have so far been detained for questioning in connection with the attack, as the massive manhunt for the terrorists entered its fourth day on Thursday.
The inter-state security review meeting came amid information that terrorists behind Monday's ambush of an army patrol may have infiltrated across the International Border (IB) into Kathua and Samba districts in the region. from Jammu or in Pathankot in Punjab, officials said. of the events, he said.
The security network along the IB in Jammu and Kashmir and Punjab has been reviewed along with measures to plug any loopholes to counter infiltration from Pakistan, they said while giving details of the meeting held at the district police lines in Kathua and chaired by Border Security. Director General Special Force (BSF), Western Command, Y B Khuraia.
Jammu and Kashmir Director General of Police R R Swain and his Punjab counterpart Gaurav Yadav were among those present at the more than three-hour meeting.
Strengthening coordination and real-time input sharing between police and border guard agencies was also discussed in detail, with a focus on strengthening synergy to counter terrorist threats and arms and narcotics smuggling, the officials said. officials.
They said the meeting was also attended by J-K Additional Director General of Police (Law and Order) Vijay Kumar, Punjab ADG (Law and Order) Arpit Shukla, Additional Director General (Jammu Zone) Anand Jain and officials of BSF rank inspector general of Punjab and Jammu. .
The meeting also comes at a time when terrorist activity has increased in the otherwise peaceful region of Jammu, where terrorists managed to carry out five attacks in the span of a month, between June 9 and June 8. July.
On infiltration, officials said the routes in Jammu, believed to have been used by terrorists, were active when militancy was at its peak in the area more than two decades ago. The Jammu region has been cleared of terrorists, but the resurgence of terrorist activities has raised serious security concerns.
They said the terrorists, after infiltrating, are believed to have reached the dense forests of Machedi connecting Basantgarh in Udhampur and Bhaderwah in Doda district.
The ambush was laid on the Machedi-Kindli-Malhar mountain road near Badnota village in Kathua.
More than 60 people have so far been detained for questioning in connection with the attack, as the massive manhunt for the terrorists entered its fourth day on Thursday.
