| 8,000 more troops deployed in J&K after govt moves to revoke Article 370 | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, Aug 5: After the government moved to revoke Article 370 on Monday, additional 8,000 CRPF troops have been deployed into the Kashmir valley.
The troops have been airlifted via the IAF's C-17 aircraft from different parts of the country. This takes the number of troops deployed in Jammu and Kashmir to 46,000 troops.
Indian Army and Indian Air Force have gone into a high alert mode after the announcement. NSA Ajit Doval is constantly monitoring the security situation in Jammu and Kashmir with the help of security forces.
The authorities have stepped up security deployment at vital installations and sensitive areas amid heightened terror threat and flare up of hostilities with Pakistan along the Line of Control (LoC).
Mobile internet services were suspended across the Valley as a precautionary measure to maintain law and order, police said.
The strength of the security personnel has been increased around vital installations such as the civil secretariat, police headquarters, airport and various central government establishments in the city, they said.
Barricades have been erected on many arterial roads, including the entry and exit points to Srinagar, the summer capital of the state.
Riot control vehicles have also been kept on standby in some areas where apprehension of law and order disturbances is more, the officials added.
Several companies of various Central Armed Police Forces, including RAF, CRPF, ITBP and BSF have also been deployed in different districts of Jammu region over the past couple of days to beef up security there amid the lurking threat of terror attack, they said.
The officials said the RAF contingents, deployed in border districts of Rajouri and Poonch, undertook an area domination patrol with local police and CRPF as part of the security drill. |
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