The Jammu police chief stressed upon officers of border districts to lay joint checkpoints and ensure patrolling on all probable infiltration routes. (Source: File Photo)
Ahead of the annual Amarnath yatra, security forces have been asked to maintain “highest level of alertness” and “synergy,” police said today. The two-month-long pilgrimage to the 3,880-metre high cave shrine of Amarnath will commence on June 28. All border police stations, posts and check-points have also been directed to be strengthened and activated to neutralize any attempt of infiltration by terrorists from across the International Border (IB) and the Line of Control (LoC), a police spokesman said.
He said the directions were passed at a high-level meeting chaired by Inspector General of Police, Jammu, S D Singh Jamwal here last evening and attended among others by senior police, Army, paramilitary forces and state and central intelligence agencies.
The meeting was convened to discuss and review security arrangements for the pilgrimage. “All officers have been directed to maintain the highest level of alertness and synergy among themselves and also to share intelligence on a real-time basis so that…
