Advisor to J-K guv visits site of Pulwama carnage

February 15, 2019 12:33

Ahead of Home Minister Rajnath Singh's visit, K Vijay Kumar, the advisor to Jammu and Kashmir Governor, Friday led a team of top police officials on a visit to Lethpora on the Srinagar-Jammu National Highway, the site of one of the deadliest terrorist attacks on security forces in the Valley that left close to 40 CRPF soldiers dead.

Kumar, who holds the charge of home portfolio in the governor's administration, was accompanied by Director General of Police Dilbag Singh and Additional DGP Munir Ahmad Khan to the site of the terrorist attack.

The team visited the site to get a first-hand account of the incident as Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh and Governor Satya Pal Malik are scheduled to arrive in Srinagar later in the day to pay homage to the slain jawans, officials said. Singh and Malik are also likely to co-chair a security review meeting in Srinagar, they said.

Central Reserve Police Force Director General R R Bhatnagar and senior officials of the force are part of the team led by Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh.

They are also expected to meet the injured who are admitted to the 92 base hospital of the Army in Srinagar. Close to 40 CRPF personnel were killed and five injured on Thursday when a Jaish-e-Mohammed suicide bomber rammed a vehicle carrying over 100 kg of explosives into their bus in Pulwama district. -- PTI

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