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| Army Chief's 3-day visit begins today | | | JAMMU: The new army chief, General V K Singh was scheduled to come here Tuesday on a three-day visit to the state to review the security situation and assess the state of preparedness of army.
Singh, who took over March 31, would visit the three regions of Jammu, Ladakh and Kashmir, according to army sources. He would meet Northern Command chief Lt Gen B S Jaswal and corps commanders to assess preparedness on the Line of Control (LoC) that divides the state between India and Pakistan, particularly in the
light of infiltration from across the border.
Sources said Gen Singh would also review deployment along the border with China in Ladakh region. "Preparations are on for the visit and each and every detail of the
army strategy, its challenges will be placed before the new chief," the sources added.
Singh has served in various capacities in the state in the 1990s. Sources said the army chief would also meet chief minister Omar Abdullah and discuss the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) as well as the killing of a 70-year-old man allegedly by army in Kupwara district last week. Habibullah Khan was dubbed a terrorist
but his family said he was a beggar.
Ruling National Conference leader Farooq Abdullah had Sunday told reporters in Srinagar that the chief minister would take up the killing with the new army chief.
The army chief had last week said dilution of the AFSPA in Jammu and Kashmir and other troubled areas of the state would hurt the operations of the army.
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