NEW DELHI: Union home minister Amit Shah arrived in Srinagar on a three-day visit to Jammu and Kashmir to review security situation in the Union territory.
Shah was received at the Srinagar airport by Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha where other senior officials of the Jammu and Kashmir administration were also present, officials said.
This is Shah’s first visit to Kashmir after abrogation of Article 370 and bifurcation of Jammu and Kashmir state into two Union Territories on August 5, 2019.
Here’s all you need to know about Shah’s visit to the Valley-
* Amit Shah visited the residence of slain inspector Parvez Ahmed, who was killed by terrorists last month. During his visit, the home minister met Ahmed’s wife Fatima Akhter and gave her official papers for a government job.
* Amit Shah will chair a security review meeting at Raj Bhavan, Srinagar at 12.30pm.
* He will also hold an interaction with members of Jammu and Kashmir’s Youth Clubs at 4.45pm.
* Amit Shah will inaugurate the first direct international flight between Jammu and Kashmir’s Srinagar and Sharjah in UAE. HM will inaugurate the flight at 6 pm.
* Ahead of Union home minister Amit Shah’s visit to J&K, local police jointly put in place an aerial surveillance cover for the areas where minorities live in Srinagar as well as Lal Chowk, the city centre.
* In addition, a total of 50 Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) teams have been deployed to Jammu and Kashmir for security purposes.
* Police and the CRPF tested drones at Pratap Park area of Srinagar ahead of Shah’s first visit to Jammu and Kashmir after the abrogation of Article 370.
* Bunkers manned by CRPF forces have come up in several areas of the city as well in other parts of the Kashmir valley, the officials said.
Recently, after the killings of non-locals in Jammu and Kashmir around 700 people have been detained in the union territory, a few under the stringent Public Safety Act (PSA), police officials informed.
Meanwhile, a total of 26 detainees are being shifted to the Central Jail of Agra from Jammu and Kashmir under the Public Safety Act 1978. The order has been issued ahead of Shah’s three-day visit to the union territory beginning Saturday. (With inputs from agencies)
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