Even as intelligence inputs continue to warn that the situation in Kashmir is getting worse this summer, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh reviewed the security scene in the troubled State for the third consecutive day on Wednesday.
Sources said National Security Adviser Ajit Doval, Intelligence Bureau Director Rajiv Jain, and Research and Analysis Wing chief Anil Dhasmana attended the meeting.
While such meetings chaired by the Home Minister are a regular affair, the significance this time is that it comes against the backdrop of dramatic events that have unfolded in Kashmir and along the Line of Control in the recent days.
Wednesday’s review came a day after Jammu and Kashmir Governor N.N. Vohra met Mr. Singh to discuss the security situation.
Over the past few days, the situation in the Kashmir Valley has taken a turn for the worse with the mutilation of the bodies of two Indian soldiers, allegedly by Pakistani forces, and the killing of another seven people, five of them policemen, in a terror attack in Kulgam district. Both the incidents took place on Monday.
Spike in protests
The incidents came close on the heels of a dramatic spike in protests and stone throwing by youth, even young girl students.
“We have proof that it was carried out by the Pakistan Army. We have demanded from Pakistan that whoever from their Army were behind this incident, they have to be punished,” a spokesperson of the Ministry of External Affairs said.
