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Indian defense minister to visit Indian-controlled Kashmir - People's Daily Online 19:59, January 11, 2010
Indian Defense Minister A.K. Antony is to visit Indian-controlled Kashmir Tuesday to review the security situation in the region following reports of repeated infiltration attempts by militants across the border, a senior Indian official said.
"The Defense Minister will lead a high-level team which includes Army Chief General Deepak Kapoor and Defense Secretary Pradeep Kumar during the one-day visit. He will be briefed by field commanders in the region about the country's preparedness to deal with any war-like situation," the official said.
The visit comes days after Indian security forces killed two militants, allegedly belonging to the Pakistani terror outfit Lashker-e-Toiba, who were holed up in a hotel in the Indian-controlled Kashmir's capital Srinagar, after a 22-hour-long fiercegun battle.
Confirming the deaths, police chief Kuldeep Khooda told the media in Srinagar last week that concerted efforts were being made by terrorists to hit targets in Indian-controlled Kashmir.
"There is desperation in infiltration, there is desperation in carrying out such attacks," he said.
Source: Xinhua
Indian Defense Minister A.K. Antony is to visit Indian-controlled Kashmir Tuesday to review the security situation in the region following reports of repeated infiltration attempts by militants across the border, a senior Indian official said.
"The Defense Minister will lead a high-level team which includes Army Chief General Deepak Kapoor and Defense Secretary Pradeep Kumar during the one-day visit. He will be briefed by field commanders in the region about the country's preparedness to deal with any war-like situation," the official said.
The visit comes days after Indian security forces killed two militants, allegedly belonging to the Pakistani terror outfit Lashker-e-Toiba, who were holed up in a hotel in the Indian-controlled Kashmir's capital Srinagar, after a 22-hour-long fiercegun battle.
Confirming the deaths, police chief Kuldeep Khooda told the media in Srinagar last week that concerted efforts were being made by terrorists to hit targets in Indian-controlled Kashmir.
"There is desperation in infiltration, there is desperation in carrying out such attacks," he said.
Source: Xinhua
