Jammu, March 23 – Union Home Secretary Govind Mohan will chair a high-level security review meeting on Jammu and Kashmir on Monday through video conferencing.
Officials said the Union Home Secretary will review the security and financial position of the J&K Police in the current fiscal year and also in 2026-2027.
The meeting will be attended by J&K Chief Secretary Atal Dulloo, DGP Nalin Prabhat, senior officers at the police headquarters, and the two Inspector Generals of Kashmir and Jammu divisions. The meeting will begin at 2:30 pm.
The Union Home Secretary will chair the meeting through video conferencing from New Delhi. This will be the first high-level review of the security situation in Jammu and Kashmir by the Union Home Secretary after the killing of four top terrorists of the Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) outfit, including their commander Saifullah, in the upper reaches of Chattroo in the Kishtwar district last month.
Sources said that the strategy to further intensify anti-terror operations in the mountains and forests of the Union Territory, especially the Jammu region, where some foreign terrorists are suspected to be hiding, will be reviewed.
As summer approaches, anti-terror operations will be intensified, the sources said.
The Union Home Ministry wants security agencies to take all possible measures against the terrorists.
Besides the Army, paramilitary forces, and JKP, specially trained personnel from the Special Operations Group (SOG) have also been deployed in the mountains, forests, and upper reaches where the terrorists are suspected to be hiding.
The SOG personnel have been well-trained to carry out anti-terror operations in extremely difficult areas and under hostile weather conditions.
The network of OGWs (overground workers) of the terrorists is also a cause of concern for the security agencies. Sources added that once this network is cracked, the terrorists will find it difficult to survive, and all-out efforts are being made in this direction.
There have been reports that some OGW networks have been cracked, and the police are close to dismantling other such syndicates. According to sources, the review of the financial position of Jammu and Kashmir is also a key agenda item for the meeting.
The expenditure of the budget during the current fiscal year of 2025-26, in which hardly 10 days are left, and the requirements of the police for 2026-27 will also be discussed at the meeting, the sources said, pointing out that the JKP's budget is now being directly funded by the Union Ministry of Home Affairs.
The JKP is now a well-modernized force equipped with sophisticated weapons and equipment to tackle terrorists and all kinds of crimes.
However, modernization remains an ongoing process, and certain measures are being taken in this regard, the sources said. Various other issues, such as follow-up on previous meetings taken by Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Union Home Secretary Govind Mohan, will also be discussed.
It may be mentioned here that Amit Shah visited the Jammu region from February 5-7 and chaired high-level security review and development-related meetings.
In the revised strategy, the J&K Police and the security forces are targeting terrorists, their OGWs, and sympathizers to completely dismantle the terror support system in the Union Territory.
Drug smugglers and those involved in hawala money rackets are also on the radar of the security forces, as it is believed that funds generated by these activities are ultimately used to fund terrorism.
