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Srinagar: In view of repeated ceasefire violations from across the border along the Line of Control (LoC), Union Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde visited Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday to assess the security situation along the International Border.

Meanwhile, Shinde has reached Samba sector and will soon visit the forward India posts, which have been under unprovoked firing from the Pakistan Army.

The Home Minister reached J&K at around 9:30 AM.

"They  have sufficient information that there has been an infiltration. This might be the result of decisions taken by the Indian Government against militants in the past few years," Shinde said to  media yesterday.




Shinde’s visit comes after J&K Chief Minister Omar Abdullah ,

The Centre to explore other options if Pakistan continues to violate ceasefire.

Omar said ceasefire along the LoC and International Border was one of the major steps that was mutually agreed by both the countries.

A total of 136 ceasefire violations have been reported in 2013, the highest in the past 8 years.