Indian Army Gives Assurance Of A Terror Free Amarnath Yatra
Terrorists have been desperately trying to disrupt the upcoming Amarnath Yatra and barely days are left for the start. The Amarnath Yatra commences on Monday, August 21.
However Brigadier VS Thakur, Commander of the Rashtriya Rifles sector in Anantnag, said that the Yatra will be conducted peacefully without any hindrance from any quarter. He has given assurance if a terror free yatra.
The Army on Friday had intelligence inputs suggesting terrorists Planning to target the Yatra. The Brigadier added that the forces have systems in place to make sure the annual pilgrimage is conducted peacefully.
“NH-44 continues to be sensitive because that is the route that the yatris would take to go up to the north routes. We have inputs that terrorists would try their best to target the Yatra, but we have got our systems and resources in place to ensure that it goes on unhindered and peacefully,” he told reporters.
A very confident looking Brigadier Thakur said that Friday’s encounter in South Kashmir’s Kulgam district, where three Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorists, including a Pakistani identified as ‘Waleed’, were killed, was a great development ahead of the commencement of the yatra.
“This operation has been conducted successfully 4 days before the commencement of the Amarnath Yatra. We want to send a message to locals that we remain committed to ensuring that Amarnath Yatra will be conducted peacefully without any hindrance,” he added.
Of the three terrorists who were killed in Kulgam on Friday, one was a top terrorist commander, known to be an IED expert. Security forces recovered incriminating materials, including arms and ammunition, on the slain terrorists.
“Out of the three terrorists killed in Kulgam today, one has been identified as ‘Walid’, a Pakistan national. He was active here for past one-and-a-half years. He had escaped our cordon four times and was a ‘most wanted’ terrorist,” Vijay Kumar, Inspector General of Police, Kashmir, said.
