Security has been beefed up across Kashmir ahead of Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s first visit to the Valley after the abrogation of Article 370 on Saturday.  A thick security cover has been thrown around the BJP office at Jawahar Nagar in Srinagar where Shah is likely to pay a visit.  Also watch: IS Khorasan warns […]

Srinagar Oct 22 PTI Security has been beefed up across Kashmir ahead of Union Home Minister Amit Shahs maiden visit to the Valley after the abrogation of Article 370 on Saturday officials said They said a thick security cover has been thrown around the BJP office at Jawahar Nagar in the city where Shah is likely to pay a visit Similarly roads leading to Sher-i-Kashmir International Convention Centre SKICC have been made off-limits for three days from Saturday as the Union home minister is expected to attend an event there they added It will be Shahs first visit to Kashmir after the Centre revoked J-Ks special status and bifurcated the erstwhile state into union territories in August 2019 The officials said additional deployment of security forces has been made across the valley especially in Srinagar Official sources said 50 companies of additional paramilitary forces are being inducted into the valley in the wake of the recent spate of civilian killings Bunkers manned by paramilitary CRPF have come up in several areas of the city as well in other parts of the valley the officials said They said the aim of constructing new bunkers and putting more personnel on the ground was to cut the free movement of militants The officials said barricades have been put up on the roads across the valley especially in the city while frisking and checking of people has been intensified The mobile internet services on a dozen towers -- mostly in the areas where non-local labourers were killed in the past week -- were snapped three days ago as part of the security measures they said The officials said police have started stringent checking of documents of two-wheelers plying on the roads and many have been seized by police However IGP Kashmir zone Vijay Kumar had said these steps were purely related to terror violence Seizing some bikes and shutting down of internet of some towers is purely related to terror violence It has nothing to do with visit of the Honble HM he tweeted on Thursday PTI SSB MIJ AQS AQS

Srinagar Sep 25 PTI A verbal duel broke out between two BJP leaders at a party meeting here shortly before Union Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindias arrival on SaturdayVideos of the verbal spat some recorded by reporters present at the BJPs office in Jawahar Nagar went viral on social mediaMinutes before the Union ministers arrival an argument broke out between BJP leaders Ali Mohammad and Mohammad AshrafThe argument became intense and two leaders were stopped by others present there from getting into a fistfight according to the videosMedia personnel present at the venue filmed the duel on their smartphones and the videos of the incident were posted on several social media platformsA party leader said there was an argument over a non-issue which turned into an altercation but the other party leaders promptly resolved the matter before the Union ministers arrivalScindia addressed party workers at the BJP office PTI SSB ANB ANB