Security top brass met in Srinagar and apprised Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla on Tuesday about the security challenges ahead of much-touted meeting of G20 nations on May 22-24. Security for the upcoming Amarnath yatra and the situation in Poonch-Rajouri sector were also discussed, official sources said.
The meeting was attended by Jammu and Kashmir Director General of Police Dilbagh Singh, Additional Director General of Police (ADGP), Kashmir, Vijay Kumar, and ADGP, Jammu, Mukesh Singh, top commanders of the Army’s 15 and 16 Corps, Inspector General of Police of the Central Reserve Police Force and Border Security Force. Senior intelligence agencies also participated in the meeting.
Sources said the intelligence inputs, suggesting imminent threat in the wake of heightened militant activities across the Line of Control to target the G20 meeting in Srinagar, were discussed and counter-measures deliberated upon. Over 50 foreign delegates are likely to participate in the meeting.
