Uri terror attack: NIA registers case; HM reviews security situation in J&K

20 September, New Delhi

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has registered a case in the Uri terror attack that claimed the lives of 18 soldiers on Sunday. Sources in the agency said, NIA will take the DNA samples of four Jaish-e-Mohammad terrorists who were involved in the attack and later killed.

The NIA team, which is in Uri probing the incident, is collecting more details. Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh today again reviewed the security situation in Jammu and Kashmir with top officials, including NSA Ajit Doval and Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar.

Doval and top officials of Home and Defence Ministries, paramilitary forces and chiefs of intelligence agencies briefed Singh on the prevailing situation in the Kashmir Valley as well as along the Line of Control.

The presence of the Foreign Secretary in the meeting is significant as government plans to launch a diplomatic offensive against Pakistan.

Sources said the Home Minister took stock of the steps taken to check infiltration along the LoC and the International Border with Pakistan.

He also reviewed the security situation across the country.Home Secretary Rajiv Mehrishi is in Srinagar taking stock of the situation. Yesterday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Mr Singh had chaired high-level meetings in the backdrop of the attack.