05-10-2006, 12:34 AM
<b>Troops in J&K to be increased: Mukherjee</b><!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Troop presence in Jammu and Kashmir will be "numerically enhanced" to deal with the increased terrorist violence in remote areas and sophisticated weapons provided to village defence committees to make them capable of staving off militant attacks, Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee said in Jammu on Tuesday.
"The situation in the state is under constant review and if attacks by terrorists on soft targets continue, we will numerically enhance troop presence," Mukherjee said after wittnessing emotional scenes at Tawa village in Doda and Basantgarh in Udhampur district where terrorists gunned down 32 Hindus last week.
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<b>Four top militants shot dead in J&K</b>
"The situation in the state is under constant review and if attacks by terrorists on soft targets continue, we will numerically enhance troop presence," Mukherjee said after wittnessing emotional scenes at Tawa village in Doda and Basantgarh in Udhampur district where terrorists gunned down 32 Hindus last week.
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<b>Four top militants shot dead in J&K</b>