Security has been heightened amid reports that there is a possibility of a terror strike in prisons across Jammu and Kashmir.
Intelligence inputs suggest that high-security facilities such as Srinagar Central Jail, and Kot Balwal Jail in Jammu could be potential targets, reported India Today.
Several high-profile terrorists and sleeper cell members are currently present in the jails.
Sources told India Today that the Director General of the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) met with top officials of the security grid in Srinagar on Sunday to assess the situation.
The alert has been issued amid an ongoing investigation into the Pahalgam terror attack, which accounted for the lives of 26 people.
Indian Defence Minister sends strong message
Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday sent a strong message to those involved in the Pahalgam terror attack and said it is his responsibility to work with the armed forces and give a befitting reply to those who dared to attack the country.
“It is my responsibility as the defence minister to ensure the security of the country’s borders along with my soldiers,” Singh said while addressing the Sanskriti Jagran Mahotsav.
He further said: “It is also my responsibility to give a befitting reply to those who dare to attack the nation.”
Singh commented amid a heightened tension between India and Pakistan over the Pahalgam terror attack that drew worldwide condemnation.
IAF Chief meets PM Modi
Indian Air Chief Marshal AP Singh on Sunday met PM Narendra Modi in New Delhi amid escalating tension between India and Pakistan.
Indian Navy Chief, Admiral Dinesh Kumar Tripathi, reportedly met PM Modi on Saturday.
Modi had also met Army Chief, General Upendra Dwivedi, last week.
No official readout on the meetings was released to the media.
However, it is seen as part of the ongoing deliberations over the response to the April 22 attack when terrorists killed 26 people, mostly non-Muslim tourists, who were present in the picturesque Baisaran meadows.
It is one of the deadliest attacks that the Kashmir Valley has witnessed since the 2019 Pulwama incident.
Modi grants armed forces freedom to retaliate
In the wake of the Pahalgam attack, Prime Minister Modi has made it clear that India’s response will be decisive. During an April 29 meeting with top defence and security officials, Modi gave the armed forces “complete operational freedom” to determine the timing and nature of any response, according to government sources cited by PTI.
