Amit Shah reaches Srinagar, visits house of inspector killed by terrorists last month

Srinagar, Oct 23: Union Home Minister Amit Shah reached Jammu and Kashmir Saturday morning for a three-day visit. It is his first since the government scrapped Article 370 in August two years ago.

 

After landing, he was received at the Srinagar airport by Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha and other senior officials of the Jammu and Kashmir administration.

 

 

The Home Minister started his tour by visiting the house of late Inspector Parvez Ahmed who was killed by terrorists last month. He handed over papers relating to a government job to his wife. Shah was accompanied by Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha, Union Minister Jitendra Singh and DGP Dilbag Singh during his visit.

 

 

Notably, Shah’s visit comes in the backdrop where series of civilian killings took place in the Valley. He held a security review meeting in Srinagar that was attended by the corps commanders, J&K police top brass and chiefs of intelligence bureau and central armed police forces among other top officials.

 

 

More importantly, Shah is likely to visit Lethpora in Pulwama district of South Kashmir and pay homage to the 40 CRPF martyrs killed in a terror attack in February 2019. Shah will also inaugurate the first direct international flight between Jammu and Kashmir's Srinagar and Sharjah in the UAE. Shah will fly to Jammu on Sunday where he is likely to address an IIT convocation in the morning followed by a public rally in the afternoon.

 

In the past two weeks, the Valley has seen 11 civilians, including migrants and non-Muslim Kashmiris, being killed by militants. On the other hand, security forces have gunned down 17 suspected militants in the period and tightened security across the Valley.