India has stepped up safety within the Jammu and Kashmir area due to a rise in militant assaults within the run-up to a G-20 assembly on tourism within the Himalayan territory, officers stated on Wednesday.

The metropolis of Srinagar, the summer time capital of the federal territory, is because of host a tourism working group assembly of G-20 members on May 22-24, a part of a sequence of conferences forward of a G-20 summit in New Delhi in September.

Islamist militants have stepped up assaults this 12 months within the Jammu area, throughout the mountains from the Kashmir Valley the place Srinagar is situated.

Ten troopers and 7 civilians have been killed in 4 assaults in Jammu this 12 months.

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Security officers stated they concern the separatist militants may attempt to promote their trigger with an assault earlier than or throughout the G-20 assembly.

“The timing of these attacks is worrisome as they are planned just before the G-20 meeting,” stated a senior Indian military officer within the area. He declined to be recognized as he isn’t licensed to talk to the media.

Military and cops stated they’d intelligence info that militants may goal a military-run college in Jammu and take college students hostage.

In response, such colleges had been shut and courses moved on-line till after the G-20 assembly, they stated.

Security businesses aren’t taking any probabilities in Srinagar, officers stated.

Vijay Kumar, chief of police within the Kashmir Valley, advised Reuters that commandos had been deployed within the metropolis and members of a counter-terrorism power could be on stationed in numerous locations.

Srinagar has been on the heart of the insurgency by Muslim militants in opposition to Indian rule since 1989.

Tens of 1000’s of individuals have been killed though the violence has been diminished in recent times.

India blames Pakistan for supporting the Muslim insurgents. Pakistan denies that and accuses India of violating the rights of Kashmir’s Muslim individuals. India denies that.

The nuclear-armed neighbors, who’ve fought three wars, two of them over Kashmir, each declare the area in full however rule it partially.