Jammu and Kashmir Assembly Speaker Abdul Rahim Rather said that the UT Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah, has directed the law and order machinery to remain on alert and use all available means to prevent rising terror incidents.
Speaking to reporters about the ongoing security issues, Rather also highlighted the need for heightened vigilance following a spurt in terror attacks in Union territory.
“Our Chief Minister (Omar Abdullah) has asked the law and order machinery to be alert and bring such incidents to a stop,” Speaker Rather said.
Earlier, J&K Deputy Chief Minister Surinder Kumar Choudhary urged security forces to take decisive actions and re-strategise their plans in light of the recent terror attacks.
“We are saddened. The government will never tolerate this…We want peace in J-K. National Conference has always made sacrifices for this peace. Thousands of our leaders and workers have been killed. So, the National Conference wants to strengthen this country, J-K, and the Constitution of India,” he said while condemning the attacks.
He also highlighted the importance of ending the gruesome and violent ongoing cycle, stating, “We would want these deaths to be the last. So, the security grid will have to contemplate and change its policy. They will have to take strong steps.”
His comments came following a series of terror attacks reported at different places on both sides of the Pir Panjal region.
In a recent encounter with militants in the Kishtwar district, an army officer lost his life during a gunfight with the militants.
Militants also abducted and killed two village defence guards in Kishtwar on Thursday. Their bodies, identified as Nazir Ahmed and Kuldeep Kumar, were found in the Kuntwara forest area.
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