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Shah to Chair Security Meet in J&K Today
Hindustan Times Lucknow
|May 29, 2025
Union home minister Amit Shah is set to visit Jammu for a security meeting on Thursday, people familiar with the matter said on Wednesday, adding that all chiefs of forces involved in the security of Amarnath Yatra have been told to visit Jammu & Kashmir to review the security deployment in the region amid a high alert in the wake of the terror attack in Pahalgam.
NEW DELHI:
This will be Shah's first visit to J&K after Operation Sindoor and the second after the April 22 terror attack in Pahalgam. The annual Amarnath Yatra is scheduled to be held from July 3 to August 9.
One of the routes for the Yatra leading to the shrine in Chandanwari is via Pahalgam where a terror attack on April 22 claimed 26 civilians and injured many more.
This story is from the May 29, 2025 edition of Hindustan Times Lucknow.
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