No report on Bajrang Dal’s involvement in Kishtwar: Goswami

JAMMU, Aug 16: Union Home Secretary Anil Goswami today ruled out receiving any report from Central Intelligence agencies about the involvement of Bajrang Dal activists in the recent communal clashes in Kishtwar district.

“I don’t any have knowledge about such report,” Goswami said when asked whether Central Intelligence agencies sent a report to the Government on the involvement of Bajrang Dal activists in the recent communal riots in Kishtwar.

“I have not received any such report till last evening,” he said.

According to a media report the Union Cabinet, which met in New Delhi on Monday, was informed about Intelligence agencies telling the Government the Bajrang Dal, an affiliate unit of Sangh Parivar, was involved in stoking communal violence in the Kishtwar town.

“If there is any such report, I will return and see it,” Goswami said.

Goswami, who visited the Border Out Posts along the International Border in R S Pura belt of Jammu district, met troops deployed at the border and reviewed the security situation with the senior Army and MHA officials. (AGENCIES)