Target killings: Centre dispatches top anti-terror unit to Kashmir, says report

The home minister has sent a special anti-terrorism to Kashmir, where a spate of civilian killings in the last few days, has put the security establishment on their heels, The Hindustan Times reported.

The report said home minister Amit Shah has ordered top counter-terror experts to move to the Valley to aid the local police to bust the Pakistan-backed local module involved in terror attacks in Srinagar.

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Home minister Shah took a marathon five-hour meeting on Kashmir on Thursday after terrorists gunned down seven people since Saturday last week.

The Hindustan Times report said Intelligence Bureau’s Tapan Deka is going to the Valley to personally supervise the fight against terrorists while teams of other national security agencies have already reached Kashmir to act as force multipliers to Jammu and Kashmir police.