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New Delhi:Stung by the rise in terror incidents in Jammu as reflected in the casualties in ambushes and encounters, the government directed the Army and the security agencies to strongly implement the SOPs for operations, use more technology, and called for well-calibrated action against terrorists, ThePrint has learnt...
Sources in the defence and security establishment told ThePrint that the directions came during a high-profile review meeting convened Wednesday by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh...
National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval, Army chief General Upendra Dwivedi, Intelligence Bureau chief Tapan Deka, besides senior officers, attended the nearly an hour and half meeting held in the Ops Room of the Director General of Military Operations...
The sources said that the security forces were told to use more technology to which the Army chief is understood to have said that drones are not able to operate in the thick jungles and that boots on the ground are needed...
In July, ThePrint reported that about 40 well-trained terrorists, mostly from Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM), have infiltrated into the Jammu region over the last one year, mostly from the International Border manned by the Border Security Force (BSF)...
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