Pahalgam terrorist attack: Police on high alert in Amritsar

Following the deadliest terrorist attack in the last 25 years in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pahalgam area in which around 25 tourists from different parts of the country were killed, the Punjab police have been put on high alert.

Police officials held a meeting with the managements of various educational institutes to ensure security and safety of the students of Jammu and Kashmir studying in their campuses. Guidelines were issued to the private security guards of the institutes, besides deputing patrolling parties near their premises.

Moreover, round-the-clock patrolling has been initiated in the border district and vehicles entering the holy city from the Gurdaspur and Pathankot sides were being scanned to check the sneaking of unscrupulous elements.

SSP, Amritsar Rural, Maninder Singh said the police have been holding nakas since morning while round-the-clock patrolling is also being done in different parts of the district, especially in border areas.

“We have also held meetings with educational institutes and Kashmiri students. The number was very less, but in order to avoid any backlash in view of the Pahalgam incident, we have taken all the precautionary measures,” he said, while adding that in case of any untoward incident, we could rush to the spot.

Meanwhile, the Police Commissioner Gurpreet Singh Bhullar said the city police have been put on red alert in view of many religious and tourist places. He said the nakas have been installed at every entry and exit point while senior police officials were also asked to remain in the field.

“Police officials would remain on roads and check nakas till late in the night,” he said, while adding that police teams are also raiding the hideouts of suspicious elements.

Amritsar