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| Terror attack on vital Amarnath pilgrimage route sets warning bells ringing among security forces | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, June 13: The Anantnag terror attack on a joint patrol of CRPF and J&K Police has not only exposed the chinks in the security arrangements for the upcoming Amarnath pilgrimage but has also set the warning bells ringing among the security forces.
Five CRPF personnel were martyred and three injured in the attack by Pakistani terrorists in broad daylight in the highly terror-prone district in South Kashmir.
The attack has sent signals to the top brass of security forces to revisit the security arrangements for the Amarnath pilgrims on both routes, Pahalgam and Baltal.
The terror attack came just a few minutes after Governor Satya Pal Malik had in an appeal in a media interaction asked the terrorists to lay down their arms and come for talks.
The place of the attack is of significant importance in terms of security as pilgrims for both routes have to drive through Khannabal in the Anantnag district. The terror attack two years ago in which 11 pilgrims were killed also took place near Khannabal.
The Governor and his advisers have been holding meetings to review the security arrangements for the pilgrims. A top officer of the union home ministry last week reviewed the security on both routes and also met the Governor.
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