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The local NIA team has already been assisting the J&K Police in the killings probe and trying to identify the masterminds behind these killings.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah will visit Jammu and Kashmir on October 23 and 24. This will be his first visit to J&K since the state was bifurcated into two Union Territories and Article 370 was scrapped.
Amid a series of targeted killings in Jammu and Kashmir by terrorists, Union Home Minister Amit Shah will visit the border state on October 23 and 24 to review the security situation. Shah will hold meetings with L-G Manoj Sinha and officials of the Central Armed Police Forces during his two-day visit to the border state.
A threadbare discussion was held over the management of passengers during the arrival and departure of domestic and international flights keeping the sensitivity of the Covid pandemic in view besides the arrangements for immigration and customs.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah discussed various security issues, including the recent killing of civilians in Jammu and Kashmir, in a meeting with state police and central armed police forces chiefs here on Monday, officials said.
The United Liberation Front has claimed the responsibility for killing 11 civilians, including two labourers (both migrant workers) in Jammu and Kashmir. Terrorists had shot dead two civilians and injured another in Kulgam on Sunday, the latest in the series of attacks targeting civilians.
Target killings continue in Jammu and Kashmir with more than seven killings reported in the valley in the past few days. Similar incidents were reported in Bangladesh as well where Hindu temples were vandalised. Watch Kurukshetra with Pankaj Bhargava.
In a letter claiming the responsibility for killing 11 civilians, the United Liberation Front has asked migrant workers to leave Kashmir, adding they would revenge the killing of Muslims across the country.
This came in wake of a terrorist attack in which two non-local labourers were shot dead and another injured in the Kulgam district of South Kashmir on Sunday.
At least two labourers were killed and another injured by terrorists in Kulgam district of South Kashmir, prompting the police to direct that all migrants in the Valley be brought to nearest security camps "immediately" for safety, officials said on Sunday.
According to officials, the gunmen entered the rented accommodation of the labourers and fired on them indiscriminately at the Wanpoh area of Kulgam district.
Five Army personnel, including a junior commissioned officer JCO, laid down their lives in a fierce gunfight during a counter-insurgency operation in Surankote forest on Monday.
At least two civilians were killed in a firing incident reported at Old Srinagar City's Eid Gah area on Saturday. Reportedly, two non-locals have lost their lives at the hands of suspected militants. According to reports, the deceased, Arbind Kumar Sah, hailed from Bihar, and Sagir Ahmad hailed from Uttar Pradesh and were local vendors in Old Srinagar City. The army has started a search operation for the suspected militants.
The RSS Chief added that earlier, Jammu and Ladakh were discriminated against, but now the situation is different.
The police have also recovered incriminating materials including arms & ammunition.
LeT commander Umar Mustaq Khandey, one of the top 10 targets of Jammu and Kashmir police, was gunned down by security forces.
A vast forest area of Mendhar has been under tight security cordon since Thursday, when riflemen Vikram Singh Negi and Yogambar Singh, both from Uttarakhand, were killed in an encounter with terrorists in the Nar Khas forest.
RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat said that terrorists are resorting to targeted violence in Jammu and Kashmir to instil fear and that the military preparedness on borders needs to be alert.
Two Army personnel, including a junior commissioned officer (JCO), were martyred in an encounter with terrorists in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir.
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