Union Home Minister Amit Shah will chair a high-level security review meeting on Jammu and Kashmir tomorrow, Thursday (January 8, 2026) in New Delhi. Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha, senior officers of Jammu and Kashmir Police, top officials of Civil Administration, CAPF, Intelligence agencies and Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) will participate in this high-level meeting.
This review meeting will be the first high-level security review meeting on the Union Territory in 2026. The meeting is taking place after aggressive operations launched by Jammu and Kashmir Police and security forces to trace terrorists, including foreign terrorists, in the mountains and remote areas of Jammu region.
Officials said that during the meeting with Home Minister Amit Shah, a coordinated strategy to eliminate terrorists hiding in difficult, inaccessible areas of Jammu and Kashmir will be discussed. Along with this, measures to stop infiltration on the Line of Control (LoC) and International Border (IB) will also be discussed.
Which officers will attend the meeting?
The meeting will be attended by Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha and top police and civil officials, including Chief Secretary Atal Dullu, Home Secretary Chandrakar Bharti, Jammu and Kashmir Director General of Police (DGP) Nalin Prabhat and Intelligence chief Nitish Kumar. At the same time, Union Home Secretary Govind Mohan and heads of all CAPFs and Intelligence agencies will also attend the review meeting.
Senior officials are expected to brief the Home Minister on various aspects of the situation, including steps taken to prevent infiltration along the LoC and IB during winter and to eliminate terrorists hiding in the hilly areas of Jammu and Kashmir.
Encounters have taken place several times in the last few months
In the last few months, security forces have engaged in several encounters with terrorists in the upper reaches of Kishtwar, Doda, Udhampur and other districts of the region, as infiltration attempts by terrorists along the LoC and IB have been foiled. Intelligence reports suggest that terrorists are waiting to infiltrate along both the LoC and the international border with the help of Pakistan Army and ISI.
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