Terrorists devising new strategies to strike, says Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh

Terrorists have been devising new strategies to strike, said Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday,

“Increased use of social media by anti-national forces was a new threat,” Singh added.

The home minister however expressed confidence that security forces of the country were capable of dealing with any threat.

Speaking on the occasion of the National Security Guard (NSG) Raising Day in Gurugram, the home minister termed the NSG a world-class force and said that a unit of NSG commandos were deployed in Jammu and Kashmir for the first time earlier this year.

Singh honoured family members of 14 martyrs during the function and also said, the minimum compensation for a martyr’s kin has been raised to Rs one crore, he added that the compensation may be increased, but not reduced.