Jammu: The authorities in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) have tightened the so-called security measures ahead of the annual Hindu pilgrimage Amarnath Yatra.
The 62-day-long annual pilgrimage is scheduled to start on July 01 and culminate on August 31.
The Indian government has already deployed over 60,000 additional paramilitary personnel across the occupied territory for the yatra.
This deployment is in addition to tens of thousands of the troops already deployed across the territory. Apart from that, sniper and sharp shooters will also be deployed at many locations while the yatra convoy will be escorted with Indian forces’ personnel laced with technical gadgets.
Meanwhile, the Indian Home Ministry undertook a security review of the Amarnath Yatra and directed the use of drones, dogs and aerial-survey teams during the pilgrimage.
The meeting was chaired by Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla, and attended by senior officers from the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs), such as the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), Border Security Force (BSF) and Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP), and those from the intelligence departments, the Army, the police and administration and Amarnath shrine board.
The Indian government has deployed for the first time mountain-warfare trained personnel of ITBP at the Amarnath cave in place of the CRPF.
It is to mention here that while Hindutva Indian government led by Narendra Modi is mobilizing all its resources for the Hindu Amarnath Yatra, it often disallows the Muslims to perform Juma prayers and other religious obligations. It has kept the prominent religious leader, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, under continued house arrest since August 05, 2019 and put many religious leaders behind bars.
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