june20, Omer Abdulla Tweets, No Increased threat to yatries. The Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah Thursday said that there was no increased threat to the Amarnath pilgrimage. Omar in multiple tweets of social networking website Twitter wrote: "Talk about confusion within intelligence agencies NO WHERE (SIC) in the UHQ meeting yesterday was a mention made of an increased threat #yatra." "In fact I asked a pointed question about whether the threats this year were higher than previous years & the answer was a categorical no," he wrote in another tweet. "So while we will take all the regular precautions with a multi layer security grid "yatra attack feared" headlines are a gross exaggeration," he wrote while blaming the media. The state government has declared the entire Amarnath yatra route in the state as "highly prone" to terror strikes and directed security agencies to take necessary steps to ensure safety of pilgrims. "Considering the security scenario, topography of the yatra area, high potential of terrorist attacks on the yatris to create law and order situation throughout the state and the country, sensitive nature of the yatra, and the high publicity the yatra generates, the entire yatra area is highly prone to terrorist attacks," the State Home Department said in a circular issued to all agencies concerned. The circular, issued last week, directed the Army, police and other security forces to take action as per their standard operating procedures in the matter to ensure safe pilgrimage which starts on June 28. "Directions (and) inputs received in this regard from intelligence agencies and Unified HQ should be promptly shared with other security forces (and) intelligence agencies and necessary action should be initiated to prevent any mishap," the circular reads.
Posted on: Thu, 20 Jun 2013 07:26:08 +0000
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