Home Minister Amit Shah holds high-level meet in Srinagar

Union Home Minister Amit Shah held a high-level review meeting with senior officials in Srinagar following an attack on tourists in Pahalgam. He landed in Srinagar on Tuesday evening .The location of the attack is around 85 kilometres from Srinagar headquarters, in South Kashmir’s Anantnag district. ources said that Shah is scheduled to visit the site of the militant attack in Baisaran near Pahalgam on Wednesday. Senior government sources said that 26 people, including two foreign nationals and two local Kashmiris, have lost their lives.
Meanwhile, In Jammu and Kashmir, bandh calls have been announced to protest the killing of Tourists in Pahalgam. The Valley business and travel trade bodies have announced a Kashmir Bandh on Wednesday in protest against the barbaric killing. The statements jointly issued by the Chamber of Commerce and Industries Kashmir (CCIK), Jammu and Kashmir Hoteliers Club (JKHC), All Travel Associations, transporters, restaurant owners, and civil society groups.  “We have called for Kashmir Bandh on April 23. Several religious amalgamations have supported the bandh call. In Jammu region, the Jammu bandh has also been called by business bodies and cross section of the  society. People from multiple areas across Jammu and Kashmir organised candlelight protests to express their sympathy with the tourists who were attacked by terrorists in the Pahalgam area of South Kashmir’s Anantnag district.