Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday morning held a meeting with National Security Advisor Ajit Doval and External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar at the Delhi airport upon his arrival from Saudi Arabia, as he took stock of the situation following the Pahalgam terror attack, reported news agency PTI.
Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri was also part of the meeting, officials said, reported PTI.
PM Modi was briefed by the officials immediately upon his return amid the nationwide shock and outrage over the most gruesome attack targeting tourists in the Valley in a long spell of time.
Terrorists struck at a prime tourist location in Pahalgam in south Kashmir on Tuesday, killing at least 26 people, mostly tourists, and injuring several others, according to officials.
The deceased included two foreigners — from the UAE and Nepal — and two locals, they said.
PM Modi cut short his trip to Saudi Arabia to return on Wednesday morning, while Home Minister Amit Shah rushed to Srinagar on Tuesday evening to spearhead the security measures, reported PTI.
The prime minister has vowed that these behind the attack will not be spared and brought to justice.
Earlier, the PM condemned the attack and vowed that those behind this attack would be brought to justice.
“I strongly condemn the terror attack in Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir. Condolences to those who have lost their loved ones. I pray that the injured recover at the earliest. All possible assistance is being provided to those affected. Those behind this heinous act will be brought to justice…they will not be spared! Their evil agenda will never succeed. Our resolve to fight terrorism is unshakable, and it will get even stronger.”
Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs Nirmala Sitharaman had also cut short her visit to foreign nations in the wake of a gruesome terror attack in Pahalgam, one of the biggest terror attacks after the abrogation of Article 370 in 2019. Sitharaman was on her official visit to the US and Peru, reported PTI.
Meanwhile, the Indian Army and Jammu and Kashmir Police have launched a search operation in the general area of Baisran, Pahalgam, Anantnag, to nab the perpetrators of the Pahalgam terror attack.
(With inputs from PTI)
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