PM Modi in Jammu today amid terror threat

July 17, 2015 09:45

Security has been beefed up in and around Jammu ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to the city today, against the backdrop of several infiltration attempts from across the border.

A team of special protection group of prime minister's security has already reached Jammu and carried out sensitisation of the venue where prime minister is scheduled to address a gathering.

The Prime Minister is scheduled to visit Jammu to take part in the centenary celebrations of former Jammu and Kashmir finance minister Girdhari Lal Dogra.

The venue of the function, General Zorawar Singh auditorium of the Jammu University, has been sealed and the entire University has been turned into a fortress.

No vehicle is being allowed inside the Jammu university campus and everybody entering the university campus is being properly frisked.

"Elaborate security arrangements have been kept in place ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's scheduled visit to Jammu," SSP (in charge) Jammu Rajiv Panday said.

He said that the area around the venues of Prime Minister's visit have been properly sensitised and adequate deployment has been made near the venue.

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