Home Minister Amit Shah reviews overall security situation, meets family of slain police officer

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday morning visitedthe slain Station House Officer (SHO) Irshad Khan’s residence in Karan Nagarlocality of Srinagar and offered condolences with the bereaved family.

Amid tight security arrangements, Shah visited the family in Balgarden, Karan Nagar area of the city. The area was cordoned off for the home minister’s visit.

   

Khan was shot and injured in a militant attack on KP Road inAnantnag district in south Kashmir on June 12. He later succumbed to injures atAIIMS in New Delhi. Five CRPF personnel and a militant were also killed in theattack.

Home Minister also chaired the unified headquarters meetingof the security grid in Jammu and Kashmir and reviewed the overall securitysituation in the state.

The Home minister reviewed the overall security situation inthe state with special emphasis on restoration of peace in Kashmir andcounter-insurgency operations, the officials said.

State Governor Satya Pal Malik, his advisor incharge homeaffairs K Vijay Kumar, Chief secretary B V R Subrahmanyam, Northern armycommander Lt Gen Ranbir Singh, DGP Dilbagh Singh, heads of various intelligenceagencies and paramilitary forces were present in the meeting, the officialssaid.

Shah has also met panchayat representatives who were electedin the grass root level polls last year.

He had also reviewed the developmental works including theRs 80,000 crore Prime Minister’s Development Package announced by Narendra Modifor the state in 2015.

Breaking away from protocol, the state Governor, accompaniedby his advisors and some top officials of the state administration, hadreceived Shah at the airport, officials said. Governors in the past havenormally only received the Prime Minister.

This was Shah’s first official visit outside the unioncapital after assuming charge.

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