Home Minister Amit Shah calls for mission-mode counter-terror operations to achieve terror-free Jammu and Kashmir

 Union Home Minister Amit Shah has said that counter-terror operations targeting terrorist infrastructure and terror financing must continue in a mission mode. Chairing a high-level security review meeting on Jammu and Kashmir, Mr Shah asserted that all the resources will be made available to achieve the goal of a terror-free J&K at the earliest.

 

Mr Shah directed all security agencies to remain alert and continue to work in synergy to ensure that the gains achieved after the abrogation of Article 370 are sustained. The meeting was attended by J&K Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha, Union Home Secretary Govind Mohan, IB Director Tapan Kumar Deka, and the chief secretary and DGP of the Union Territory.

 

Heads of Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) and other senior officers were also present in the meeting. He said, under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the government is committed to lasting peace in J&K and completely eliminating terrorism. Reiterating the zero-tolerance policy against terrorism, Mr Shah said that due to sustained and coordinated efforts of the Modi government, the terror ecosystem in J&K has been crippled.