Lt Gen Navin Sachdeva, General Officer Commanding (GOC), White Knight Corps, on Saturday visited the border area of Rajouri to strengthen civil-military ties and recognize the pivotal role of local communities and veterans in maintaining peace and stability in the region.
As Jammu and Kashmir will undergo the second phase of assembly polls on September 25, the security has been tightened in the Rajouri district of the territory.
The terrorists had barged into the house in the Kunda Tope village to target Razaq’s brother, who is a soldier in the Territorial Army (TA), but he gave a slip and managed to escape.
Security has been heightened, including the frisking of vehicles in Rajouri, after a man was shot dead by unidentified persons on Monday evening, police said.
Mehbooba hosted separate iftar parties in the twin border districts of Jammu divisions that were merged with South Kashmir’s Anantnag Lok Sabha constituency in the recent delimitation.
The juvenile was incidentally lodged at Observation Home, RS Pura, Jammu, in another case, registered at the Gursai Police Station in Mendhar of the District Poonch.
The step has been taken in the wake of repeated incidents of ambush of Army convoys by highly-trained terrorists in the border districts.
Addressing troops in the border district of Rajouri, he said each and every soldier is important for the country.
Following withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan, reports have been coming in that with the return of terrorists from there, Pakistan’s ISI might pursue a more aggressive phase of terror in J&K.
Security forces conducted a successful joint operation in the Behrote area of Budhal in Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri, leading to the arrest of two terrorist associates and the recovery of a cache of arms, ammunition, and incriminating material, officials said.
