Security tightened in Jammu and Kashmir ahead of second phase of polling
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.
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.
A BSF spokesman said on Saturday that the DG reviewed the challenges and present security situation in the twin districts along the Line of Control (LoC).
Sources said that a large area around the spot, where terrorists attacked an army vehicle, is being combed to hunt down the terrorists.
131 rounds of AK-47, five magazines and Rs 2 lakh in cash have been recovered. The search operations are currently under progress, said Defence spokesman Lt Colonel Devender Anand.
More than 300 members including both old and new members trained by the CRPF in the Kalakote during the special drive by the CRPF and Jammu and Kashmir police.
During his visit to the border district Rajouri, the DGP was accompanied by ADGP Jammu Zone, Mukesh Singh.
