Tribune News Service

Jammu, March 9

While a multi-agency security audit across J&K was conducted following directions by the Governor NN Vohra on January 15 this year, the BJP-led NDA government has constituted a committee under the chairmanship of former Vice Chief of Army Staff Lt Gen Philip Campose for the purpose.The panel, headed by Lt Gen Campose, shall inter alia suggest measures to strengthen security of various military establishments across the country, including Jammu and Kashmir. The committee is expected to submit its report by March 31 this year.“Security arrangements in military establishments are dynamic in nature and are periodically reviewed. The observations and recommendations of these reviews are progressively implemented to maintain a robust and strong response mechanism to emerging threats, stated an official document.On January 15 Governor NN Vohra had reviewed the arrangements for the safety and security of all vital civil and defence establishments and installations in militancy-hit Jammu and Kashmir.Acting upon the Governor’s directions, state DGP K Rajendra Kumar on January 22 said the multi-agency security audit of all vital civil and defence establishments and installations across Jammu and Kashmir was almost complete.“Recurring terror attacks since September 2013 from across the International Border (IB) and Line of Control (LoC) and more particularly this year’s January-2 attack on the Air Force base at Pathankot and Pakistan’s trans-border tunnel detected on March 3 this year are ample indicators of Pakistan’s mala fide intentions towards India, especially J&K,” said official sources.The Governor had been speaking to the state Chief Secretary BR Sharma, Police chief K Rajendra Kumar, Northern Army Commander Lt Gen DS Hooda and senior Commanders of security forces urging them to undertake a time-bound review of all existing security arrangements.While security and intelligence agencies conducted the security audit and later a report was submitted to the Governor, Pakistan’s secret tunnel detected 50 metres inside the Indian territory near AMK Post along the 198-km-long International Border in the RS Pura sector of Jammu district had sent the BSF into a tizzy.It was third such tunnel found on the border since July 2012 exposing Pakistan’s sinister game plan of trying to push militants into J&K for staging terror attacks.On July 27, 2012, the BSF had detected a trans-border tunnel dug by Pakistan from the Lumbriyal post in the Shakkergarh area on its side, which had entered 540 metres inside the Indian territory but had caved in due to rains near the Chalyari border outpost in Chachwal village of Samba district.On August 23, 2014, Pakistan tried to replicate another trans-border tunnel, this time in the Pallanwala sector of Jammu district. It had also caved in due to rains after running 50 metres inside the Indian territory.