Amarnath Yatra on terror target; army begins Operation Shiva

July 02, 2015 02:22

NDTV reports: Pakistan terror groups have sent members to Jammu and Kashmir with orders to plan fidayeen or suicide attacks targeting the annual Amarnath Yatra, intelligence sources told NDTV.

They added that the government in Kashmir and the Centre have been alerted to the security concerns for the pilgrimage made by thousands to a shrine high in the Himalayas in South Kashmir.

The Indian Army has launched Operation Shiva today, with 7,500 soldiers assigned to locate between 10-15 terrorists who have reportedly entered Kashmir from across the border ahead of the yatra on the instructions of deadly terrorist groups including the Lashkar-e-Tayiba. Central paramilitary forces and the local police have deployed another 10,000 people to protect the devotees and the two commonly used routes to the shrine.

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