Srinagar:Home Minister Rajnath Singh spoke to Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik today and took stock of the situation in the state after the deadly attack on a CRPF convoy by militants, officials said.
He also cancelled all his political engagements in Bihar tomorrow on Friday and is likely to visit Jammu and Kashmir.
He called up the governor, who apprised him about the prevailing situation in the state.
Singh also spoke to Union Home Secretary Rajiv Gauba and Director General of CRPF R R Bhatnagar and gave them necessary instructions, a home ministry official said.
At least 40 CRPF personnel were killed in Lethpora area of Pulwama district when a Jaish-e-Mohammed militant Adil Dar rammed an explosives-laden vehicle into the bus they were travelling in.