Blitz Bureau
Union Home Minister Amit Shah has directed security agencies to step up the fight against terrorism by aiming for the ‘zero- infiltration’ goal.
Chairing a high-level review meeting on the security situation in Jammu and Kashmir in New Delhi on January 5, he asked the security agencies to take more stringent action on infiltration and acts of terror with a ruthless approach. He said, “It should be our goal to uproot the existence of terrorists”.
The meeting was attended by Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir Manoj Sinha, the Union Home Secretary, the Director of the Intelligence Bureau, the Chief Secretary and the Director General of Police of Jammu and Kashmir, along with senior officials of the Ministry of Home Affairs and the Jammu and Kashmir administration.
Shah had on January 4 also held an important review meeting which was attended by Chief of the Army Staff Gen Upendra Dwivedi, the Union Home Secretary and other senior officers of MHA and Army.
Addressing the meeting, Shah said that the Government under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi is committed to completely wipe out terrorism from Jammu and Kashmir. He said that due to the sustained and coordinated efforts of the Modi Government, the terrorism ecosystem in Jammu and Kashmir has been significantly weakened. He said that there is a need to take prompt action against terror funding from the proceeds of the narcotics trade with alacrity and rigour.
