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Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday chaired a high-level meeting in the wake of recent terror attacks in Jammu and Kashmir that have sent shockwaves across the country. The meeting was held to assess the security situation in the Union Territory and the preparations for the upcoming Amarnath Yatra, set to begin on June 29. According to news agency PTI, Shah is expected to give broad guidelines to intensify counter-terror operations. 

The high-level meeting was attended by National Security Adviser Ajit Doval, Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir Manoj Sinha, Army Chief General Manoj Pande, Army Chief-designate Lt. General Upendra Dwivedi, Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla, Director of Intelligence Bureau Tapan Deka, Director General of CRPF Anish Dayal Singh, Director General of Jammu and Kashmir Police RR Swain, and other top security officials.

Shah’s meeting comes three days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a similar meeting and directed the officials to deploy the "full spectrum of counter-terror capabilities", following terror incidents in the territory including an attack on a bus carrying pilgrims. 

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According to news agency PTI, Shah will take stock of the security situation in the valley, the deployment of forces along the International Border and Line of Control, infiltration attempts, the status of ongoing anti-terror operations, and the number of terrorists operating in the Union Territory. 

The development comes after a bus carrying pilgrims in Jammu and Kashmir’s Reasi district fell into a gorge after terrorists opened fire on it. The deadly incident reportedly took place an hour before Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s swearing began on June 9 (Sunday). 

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Similar incidents occurred in Kathua and Doda districts of Jammu and Kashmir in four days. At least nine pilgrims and a CRPF jawan lost their lives and seven security personnel and several others sustained injuries. 

Two suspected Pakistani terrorists were also killed during an encounter with security personnel in Kathua district, and a large amount of arms and ammunition were recovered from their possession. 

The terror incidents in Jammu and Kashmir come ahead of the annual pilgrimage to the cave shrine of Amarnath in the south Kashmir Himalayas, set to commence on June 29 and will continue till August 19.