Two days after a terrorist attack in Srinagar’s Baghat area of Barzulla in which two policemen were killed, Inspector General of Kashmir Police has directed an increase in the security deployment at all vital locations in the area.
IG Vijay Kumar has asked police to deploy snipers on high-rise buildings and relocate permanent bunkers. He also called for enhancing surveillance of all vital establishments and strengthening the security grid.
Jammu and Kashmir Police had said the preliminary investigation based on CCTV footage and other evidence indicates the involvement of two terrorists in the attack in Srinagar’s Baghat area of Barzulla on February 19 in which two policemen were killed. One of them has been identified as Saqib, a local terrorist, and another as a foreign terrorist, affiliated with proscribed terror outfit LeT. Police have launched a manhunt to nab the terrorists.
