Overview
- Shah chaired a high-level review in New Delhi on October 9 to assess security across Jammu and Kashmir, including the Pir Panjal region.
- He assured all necessary resources for counter-terror operations and reiterated "full freedom of action" for security forces to dismantle the terror ecosystem.
- Agencies were directed to maintain heightened vigilance through winter to prevent infiltration across the Line of Control and the International Border.
- The meeting, attended by LG Manoj Sinha and senior officials from MHA, the Army, IB, CRPF, BSF and J&K Police, also reviewed flood rehabilitation and repairs to damaged border fencing in Jammu, Samba and Kathua.
- Officials described the session as part of a quarterly review that aligns counter-terror pressure with tourism revival and oversight of development projects.