Government on Wednesday said there was no intelligence failure in the Pulwama attack.
Asked whether the reasons of Pulwama attack was a failure ofintelligence, G. Kishan Reddy, Minister of State in the Ministry of HomeAffairs in Lok Sabha replied, “Jammu and Kashmir is affected by militancysponsored and supported from across the border for the last three decades.However, owing to the policy of zero tolerance towards militancy and sustainedaction against the militants by the security forces, a large number ofmilitants have been neutralized during the past few years.”
He said, “All agencies are working in a coordinated mannerand the intelligence inputs are shared among various agencies on a real-timebasis. The investigation by NIA into the Pulwama attack so far has resulted inidentifying the conspirators, suicide attacker and the vehicle provider.”On 14 February this year, 40 Central ReservePolice Forces (CRPF) personnel were killed in a car bomb attack in southKashmir’s Pulwama district.