Terrorists Planning To Target Amarnath Yatra: Army Officer

Srinagar:

Security forces in Jammu and Kashmir have inputs about terrorists planning to hold out an assault on Amarnath Yatra, an Army officer stated on Friday, however asserted that “systems and resources” had been in place to make sure that the annual pilgrimage goes on unhindered.

The officer stated it was solely befitting that Friday’s encounter, by which three terrorists, together with a self-styled commander of the Jaish-e-Mohammad, had been gunned down, happened simply 4 days earlier than the yatra is about to begin on July 21.

“There are inputs that terrorists would try their best to target the yatra, but we have got our systems and resources in place to ensure that it goes on unhindered and peacefully,” Brigadier Vivek Singh Thakur, Commander, Two Sector, stated in a press convention in south Kashmir.

“We remain committed to ensure Amarnath Yatra will be conducted peacefully without any hindrance and the security situation will continue to remain under control,” he stated.

Brigadier Thakur stated the stretch of nationwide freeway 44 which can be utilized by the yatris proceed to stay delicate.

“This axis is a bit sensitive. The yatris will take up this axis to go up to Sonamarg (Ganderbal) and this (Baltal) is the only route which will be active to go up to the Amarnath cave,” he stated. 

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