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Amarnath Yatra
Fearing threat, govt to beef up security
Tribune News Service

New Delhi, July 10
Taking no chances and fearing a militant threat to the ongoing Amarnath Yatra in Jammu and Kashmir, the government has asked the security agencies to protect pilgrims during the ongoing two-month-long Amarnath yatra. Sources said intelligence inputs have emerged that militants based in Pakistan are planning to target them.

Intelligence agencies have intercepted conversations between militants operating in Kashmir Valley and across the border. These have indicated that attacks were being planned by militants on pilgrims.

A senior functionary said: “We fear that the attention of the security forces is concentrated on the prevailing unrest in the Valley, the militants may try to take advantage of the situation.”