Planned Army withdrawal from certain areas of Jammu shelved indefinitely: Report

May 17, 2023

The planned phased withdrawal of the Army from certain areas of the Jammu region has been shelved ‘indefinitely’ in view of terror attacks being orchestrated from across the border, PTI has quoted officials as saying. The officials said the govt had planned to reduce the footprints of Rashtriya Rifles, a counter-insurgency force of the Army, in the Jammu region and hand over the security to the Jammu and Kashmir Police and paramilitary forces.

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