Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday emphasised that India will not bend in front of terrorism and those responsible for the killing of tourists at Pahalgam in Jammu and Kashmir will not be spared. After laying wreaths on the bodies of those killed in the terror attack, he said on X that "With a heavy heart, paid last respects to the deceased of the Pahalgam terror attack." Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha and Chief Minister Omar Abdullah also paid their tributes to the victims.
Terrorists opened fire at a famed meadow near Kashmir's Pahalgam town on Tuesday afternoon, killing 26 people, mostly tourists, in what is the deadliest attack in the valley since the 2019 Pulwama strike.
'Bharat will not bend to terror': Amit Shah
"With a heavy heart, paid last respects to the deceased of the Pahalgam terror attack. Bharat will not bend to terror. The culprits of this dastardly terror attack will not be spared," Shah's post on X reads.
Shah chaired a high-level meeting of security officials, including those from the Army, CRPF and police. "Union Home Minister Amit Shah chairs a high-level security review meeting in Srinagar in the wake of the terrorist attack on tourists in Pahalgam," a spokesperson said. Shah arrived in Srinagar within hours of the attack on Wednesday night and was briefed about the situation by Director General of Police Nalin Prabhat.
Director General of Jammu and Kashmir Police Nalin Prabhat briefed the home minister upon his arrival. Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, Union Home Secretary Govind Mohan and Director of Intelligence Bureau Tapan Deka were present at the time of the briefing.
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