Overview
- Lieutenant-Governor Manoj Sinha chaired a high-level security review in Jammu, directing intensified intelligence-led operations, a zero-tolerance approach, and tougher action against OGWs, sympathisers and terror financing.
- Officials were told to step up monitoring of digital platforms used for radicalisation and funding, with agencies asked to stay vigilant against emerging threats across the Union Territory.
- Security across Jammu and Kashmir has been tightened with reinforced highway deployments, increased patrolling, and inspections of shops dealing in chemicals, fertilisers, explosives, hardware and automobile workshops.
- The NIA now leads the Red Fort blast investigation with multiple arrests, including several doctors, and has cited roles such as a blast vehicle registered to Amir Rashid Ali and technical support allegedly provided by Jasir Bilal Wani.
- Authorities reported 15 civilians killed and 10 injured in the November 10 blast near Red Fort, with officials alleging Dr. Umar Nabi drove the explosives-laden car, as the probe expands alongside detentions and property attachments linked to cross-border ties.