New Delhi: Union home minister Amit Shah is meeting National Security Advisor Ajit Doval and the chief of the Intelligence Bureau this afternoon to discuss the situation in Jammu and Kashmir, where restrictions are being removed in phases.
The huge security blanket was put in place more than two weeks ago, ahead of the government’s announcement about the removal of special status of the state and plans to bifurcate it into two Union Territories.
The government has called it a preventive measure, meant to contain any backlash.
On Monday, a section of schools and all government offices opened in Srinagar. Officials claim two-thirds landlines have been restored in the Kashmir Valley and mobile internet services will be back after a review of the security situation.
But hundreds of politicians, including former chief ministers Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti, who were arrested, remain in custody.
