Jammu, April 23 (ANI): Chief of Army Staff General Bikram Singh will undertake a two-day visit of Jammu and Kashmir from Tuesday.
Defence sources were quoted, as saying that General Singh would review security situation of the region, following the recent Chinese incursion in Ladakh sector of Jammu and Kashmir.
The sources also said that field commanders are expected to brief General Singh on the security situation and counter infiltration and counter-insurgency measures.
General Singh will begin his visit on Tuesday in Jammu. He will chair a meeting at 16-Corps headquarters at Nagrota and then fly to forward areas of Rajouri and Akhnoor sectors, where he will be briefed by the field commanders about the security situation and counter infiltration measures.
He will also meet Chief Minister Omar Abdullah during the day and will have dinner meeting with Governor N N Vohra at Raj Bhawan on Tuesday.ext day, the Army Chief will fly to Doda region and will be briefed by the commanders of counter-insurgency Delta force.
General Singh's visit to the state comes even as the Indian Army has reportedly moved an infantry regiment specializing in mountain warfare to Ladakh's Daulat Beg Oldi (DBO) sector, where the Chinese Army has allegedly intruded into Indian territory, and set up a tented post.
The Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) has also reportedly pitched a tented post opposite to the Chinese post.
While the Chinese foreign ministry continues to deny that its troops have violated the Line of Actual Control with India, India's External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid has said that flag meetings between the armed forces of the two sides are taking place to resolve the issue at the earliest.
Chinese troops are said to have entered 10 kilometers into Indian territory at a height of 17,000 feet. (ANI)
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