Srinagar: Security has been tightened in Jammu and Kashmir as Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to address two rallies in the state on Monday. The rallies come just three days after terrorists attacked the four towns of Jammu and Kashmir leaving 11 security personnel dead.
He will be addressing a rally in Srinagar and another in Chakmorh in Jammu. Security in both places has been tightened after suspected terrorists lobbed a grenade at a CISF search party in Tral in Pulwama on Sunday, injuring one jawan.
On arriving in Srinagar, Modi will first go to Badami Bagh to pay tribute to the security personnel who lost their lives in Friday's terror attacks. Terrorists from across the border stormed an Army camp in Uri leaving 11 security personnel including a Lt Colonel dead and killed two civilians in Tral.
Even though security forces are already on high alert in view of the Assembly elections and sudden spurt in terror attacks, a fresh advisory has been issued to all security agencies to keep a close watch on anti-national elements who may try to disrupt peace during Modi's rally.
Official sources said that security forces have occupied all high rise buildings around Sher-e-Kashmir Cricket Stadium in Srinagar to keep a close watch on vehicular and pedestrian movements. Thirty paramilitary forces companies have been deployed in and around the stadium while sharp shooters have been deployed on Suliman Tang and Rustam Gali in the Dalgate area, to secure the area and neutralize any threat.
Meanwhile, the roads leading to the stadium from civil lines has been closed with barbed wire near Radio Kashmir crossing and neither vehicles nor pedestrians are being allowed to go towards the stadium. Similarly, vehicles coming from south Kashmir, including Anantnag, Pulwama, Shopian and Pampore are being diverted through bypass to reach civil lines from Nowgam.
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