Jammu: Amid heightened security arrangements, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday reached Jammu on the eve of CRPF Raising Day parade to be held at Maulana Azad Stadium here – the first time outside Delhi-NCR, its usual venue.
Shah reached the Jammu airport late in the evening and was straightway escorted to Raj Bhawan, where he is likely to chair a high-level meeting to review the security situation in the union territory, officials said.
Union Minister Jitendra Singh shared on his Twitter handle a picture of him receiving the home minister at the airport.
The officials said Singh, MP from Udhampur constituency here, was accompanied by other prominent BJP leaders, including Lok Sabha MP Jugal Kishore and the party’s Jammu and Kashmir president Ravinder Raina.
The officials said Singh, Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha, top officials of the Ministry of Home Affairs, Jammu and Kashmir Police, officials of the Central Armed Police Force (CAPF), intelligence agencies and the civil administration are expected to take part in the security review meeting, which assumes significance in view of the recent spurt in militant activities in Kashmir.
Shah is scheduled to address the Central Reserved Police Force (CRPF) Raising day at M A Stadium on Saturday before taking stock of the developmental activities at a high-level meeting in the afternoon, the officials said.
They said the home minister is also likely to visit Kathua to meet CRPF personnel at Mahanpur, where a high security prison is being built, before returning to Delhi in the evening.
This is Shah’s second visit to Jammu and Kashmir in the past five months. The home minister had toured the union territory in October last year, his first after the Centre revoked the erstwhile state’s special status and bifurcated it into two union territories — Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh –on August 05, 2019.
Meanwhile, the Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation, handed over appointment orders on compassionate grounds to the next of kin of four security personnel of Jammu and Kashmir Police who were martyred in terrorist incidents in the Union Territory.
The Lieutenant Governor of Jammu & Kashmir Manoj Sinha; Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Science & Technology and Earth Sciences Dr. Jitendra Singh and DGP of Jammu & Kashmir Police Dilbag Singh were present on the occasion.
An official spokesman said that Amit Shah later interacted with the next of kin of the martyred security personnel and said that the entire nation was proud of the courage and commitment shown by these brave security personnel of Jammu and Kashmir Police.
He handed over appointment order on compassionate grounds to Pooja Devi wife of Late Sget Rohit Kumar. Sget Rohit Kumar who was killed during an encounter on 12th January 2022 at Sehpora Pariwan, Kulgam, the official spokesman said.
He said that Shah also handed over appointment order to Ifra Yaqoob, daughter of Late HC Mohammad Yaqoob Shah who was killed in a terrorist attack Galander Pampore, Pulwama.
He also handed over appointment orders to Aabid Bashir son of Late Constable Bashir Ahmad Sheik who was killed in a terrorist attack during the intervening night of 29/30 of January 2000 at Rabitar Bridge, Ganderbal and Mohsin Mushtaq, son of Late Follower Mushtaq Ahmad who was killed in an encounter on May 09, 1993 at Kunan, Bandipora.
The Union Home Minister has lauded the role of Jammu and Kashmir Police in restoring peace in Jammu and Kashmir on numerous occasions and in number of fora, the spokesman said.
