Doval, RAW chief meet Shah; crucial security meeting on Kashmir Friday
The Hindu
The meeting comes in the wake of terrorists carrying out targeted killings.
Ahead of a crucial meeting on Jammu and Kashmir, National Security Advisor Ajit Doval on Thursday met Union Home Minister Amit Shah and is believed to have discussed the security situation in the Union Territory which has witnessed a spate of targeted killings since May 12.
Mr. Doval along with RAW chief Samnat Goel closeted with Mr. Shah for over an hour at the home minister's office at North Block this afternoon, official sources said.
Details of their meeting were not known immediately but they were believed to have discussed the situation in restive Kashmir where a bank employee hailing from Rajasthan was killed this morning — the third non-Muslim government employee.
Mr. Shah will chair the high-level meeting on Friday to discuss the security situation in Jammu and Kashmir, the second such exercise in less than a fortnight which comes at a time when terrorists have been carrying out targeted killings in the valley.
Mr. Doval is also expected to attend Friday's meeting which will be chaired by the home minister.
Jammu and Kashmir Lt Governor Manoj Sinha and senior functionaries of the central government and union territory would participate in the meeting which is also expected to take stock of the arrangements for the annual Amarnath yatra, being held after a two-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The meeting will be held amid protests by Kashmiri Pandit community seeking protection and some of them leaving the valley following the targeted killings.
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