J&K’s security reviewed amid West Asia crisis

Samaan Lateef

Srinagar, October 25

Against the backdrop of the ongoing West Asia crisis, top security officials from J&K gathered at the Army’s 15 Corps headquarters in Srinagar for a comprehensive security review meeting.

The discussions centered on the West Asia situation and various contingency scenarios, with particular attention to the impending winter season and its impact on regional security.

Srinagar-based defence spokesman Lt Col MK Sahu said the aim of the meeting was to coordinate and strategise security in the Union Territory in the backdrop of the ongoing Israel-Hamas crisis.

The meeting was co-chaired by Lieutenant Governor’s Advisor RR Bhatnagar and Lt Gen Upendra Dwivedi of the Northern Command.

It was also attended by DGP Dilbag Singh, Army officers, heads of intelligence agencies and representatives of security forces from the UT.

“The situation in West Asia was deliberated and various contingency scenarios dwelled on,” Sahu said. He said the nuances of security in the region in relation to the onset of the winter season also came up for discussion.

The meeting discussed actions to enhance counter-infiltration and counter-terrorism in the approaching winter.