In Jammu and Kashmir, senior BSF and police officials gathered at a high-level interstate security review meeting in Kathua today.

Akashvani Jammu Correspondent reports that the meeting was attended by Director General of J&K Police, R R Swain, his Punjab counterpart Gaurav Yadav and Special Director General of BSF, Western Command, Y B Khurania, among others, to review the security grid along the International Border and plug any loopholes. Additional Director General of J&K Police (Law and Order), Vijay Kumar, ADG (Law and Order), Punjab, Arpit Shukla and Inspector General rank BSF officers of Punjab and Jammu were also present at the meeting. 

The interstate review meet was held days after terrorists, who are believed to have infiltrated from across the International Border, ambushed an army patrol in the Machedi area of Kathua district and killed five soldiers including a Junior Commissioned Officer (JCO). The terrorists are believed to have infiltrated through the Indo-Pak International Border and managed to reach the dense forests of Machedi that connect Basantgarh in Udhampur and Bhaderwah in Doda district. The terrorists have also used the route in the past when militancy was at its peak in the area over two decades ago. More than 50 people have so far been detained for questioning as a massive manhunt for the terrorists responsible for the deadly terror attack entered the fourth day today.