Top army brass draws up anti-terror plan
On a day country’s top army brass, including the chief General Bipin Rawat, met for an unprecedented conference in Srinagar, there was success for Indian security forces as two local terrorists were killed in Sopore and the Indian army inflicted damage to their Pakistani counterparts in a retaliatory fire. A module of Lashkar-e-Toiba was busted as the police arrested five terrorists and over ground workers (OGW) at Hajin in Bandipora district of North Kashmir.
Gen Rawat and other army commanders met in Srinagar on Thursday to review the security situation and draw up a strategy to curb infiltration and combat terrorism.
Although the army played down the meeting calling it a scheduled one, sources said such a meeting has not taken place in the recent past.
Just a month ago, there was an army commander’s conference in Delhi.
The meeting is significant in view of the current environment of frequent face-offs by the armies of India and Pakistan and the unrest in Kashmir. The Indian army has intensified counter-terror operations in Kashmir targeting local terrorists.
Defence Minister Arun Jaitley on Thursday accused Pakistan of not allowing bilateral talks. He said while India has taken several significant steps to ease tension, Pakistan responded by terror attacks …read more
