New Delhi: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti met Home Minister Rajnath Singh and discussed the law and order situation and security to Amarnath pilgrims, according to officials.
In a meeting that lasted half-an-hour, the Chief Minister apprised the Home Minister of the steps taken to maintain peace in the Kashmir Valley.
Seven pilgrims were killed by militants in Anantnag district while returning from the Amarnath cave shrine on Monday.
Security agencies engaged in anti-militancy operations in Jammu and Kashmir have been told to implement security plans with full vigour, officials said.
So far, more than 1.86 lakh pilgrims have visited the high altitude Himalayan shrine.
As many as 21,000 paramilitary personnel in addition to state police forces and two battalions of Army have been deployed for security of the pilgrimage routes.
The number of paramilitary personnel deployed this year is 9,500 more than last year.
Four districts of the state -- Pulwama, Kulgam, Shopian and Anantnag -- have been on the boil since the killing of Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Wani in an encounter with security forces on July 8, 2016. The unrest resumed after the April 9 bypoll to the Srinagar Lok Sabha seat.
(With inputs from PTI)
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