Tight security for Amit Shah's Rajouri visit today

January 13, 2023 00:25

Multi-tier security arrangements are in place ahead of Union Home minister Amit Shah's visit to Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri district on Friday where is scheduled to meet the families of twin terror attacks victims, officials said.

Tight security arrangements have been made in the district's Dhangri hamlet where roads have been repaired and CCTV cameras installed, they said.

The Union Home minister is also scheduled to chair a high-level meeting to review the security situation in Jammu and Kashmir, they said, adding that senior officers of different forces and intelligence agencies will be part of it.

The twin terror attacks had left seven people of minority community, including two children, dead and fourteen others injured in the Dhangri hamlet.

Shah is scheduled to reach Rajouri in the morning and will move straight to the Dhangri village.

Union Home Minister will meet members of all three families who have suffered loss in the terrorist attack, they said.

Officials said massive security arrangements have been put in place in Rajouri district ahead of the Union minister's visit and the entire Dhangri area of Rajouri has been turned into a restricted zone. -- PTI

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