HM Amit Shah directs all CAPFs to cancel leaves, all forces on alert

New Delhi, May 7

Hours after India struck nine terror camps in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) Union Home Minister Amit Shah directed chiefs of all paramilitary forces to call back their personnel who are on leave in the wake of the strikes carried out by the Indian armed forces in Pakistan as a retaliatory action against the Pahalgam terror attack,

HM Shah, who is in regular touch with Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha and Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, also asked them to ensure that the civilian population living along border areas are brought to safer places.

The home minister directed chiefs of all Central Armed Police Forces to call back their personnel who are on leave, officials said. 

He also reviewed the internal security situation in the country and asked the top security officials to be on alert and keep strict vigil.