The security grid has been tightened in Jammu City’s religious places and Katra in the Reasi district after the Navaratri festival.
To ensure a peaceful Navaratri festival, the police, with the coordination of paramilitary and the Army, has chalked out a well-planned strategy by upgrading the security arrangements.
As per the police officers, the local police, with the help of paramilitary, have laid additional Nakkas, and checking has been intensified in and around the Jammu City roads approaching the religious places. “The checking on the entry and exit points of Jammu City has also been increased and surprise nakas being laid by the SOG personnel,” they said.
Meanwhile, SP Katra, Amit Bhasin told media persons that they had deployed additional security personnel for the next nine days in Katra, its adjoining areas and hills for the security of the pilgrims who visit not only from J&K but from across the country as well.