{"id":28031,"date":"2026-08-13T19:10:57","date_gmt":"2026-08-13T19:10:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/?p=28031"},"modified":"2026-08-13T19:10:57","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T19:10:57","slug":"no-information-on-al-qaeda-link-to-red-fort-blast-igp-birdi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/2026\/08\/13\/no-information-on-al-qaeda-link-to-red-fort-blast-igp-birdi\/","title":{"rendered":"No information on Al-Qaeda link to Red Fort blast: IGP Birdi"},"content":{"rendered":"

Says security beefed up across Kashmir ahead of Aug 15<\/strong><\/p>\n

Full-dress rehearsals held in districts<\/strong><\/p>\n

Srinagar, Aug 13: Inspector General of Police (IGP) Kashmir Zone V K Birdi on Thursday said police currently have no information confirming an alleged Al-Qaeda link to the November 25, 2025 Red Fort blast in New Delhi.<\/p>\n

Talking to reporters on the sidelines of the full-dress rehearsal for the August 15 celebrations at Bakshi Stadium here, IGP Birdi, according to the news agency\u2014Kashmir News Observer (KNO), while replying to a query about reports claiming that Al-Qaeda was behind the November 25, 2025 Red Fort blast, said, \u201cI don\u2019t think this is appropriate time to talk about it. If there is anything, we will convey it. As of now, we don\u2019t have anything like this in our knowledge.\u201d<\/p>\n

He said that ahead of Independence Day security rehearsals have been conducted across districts to ensure the smooth conduct of programmes. \u201cRobust security arrangements have been put in place across Kashmir,\u201d the IGP added.<\/p>\n

On security arrangements following recent attacks, IGP Birdi said investigations are underway and district-level security measures have been strengthened.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe investigation is going on. For that, the rest of the security arrangements, everyone is organising those arrangements themselves,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

IGP Birdi said full-dress rehearsals have been held in different districts of the Valley, including rehearsals of security arrangements, ahead of the main August 15 programmes.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have rehearsed in different districts of the Valley. We have also rehearsed the security arrangements so that we can carry out our main programme on August 15,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Asked about threats circulating on social media in connection with Independence Day, the IGP said the focus at present remained on ensuring security for the August 15 events. \u201cI think, for now, we should limit ourselves to August 15 and its security,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

IGP Birdi also appealed to people across Kashmir to participate in Independence Day celebrations in large numbers. \u201cAugust 15 is a national event. I request the public to participate in the events taking place in the districts and administrative units in large numbers and make them successful,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Pertinently, the Independence Day celebrations across Jammu and Kashmir are being held amid heightened security, with police and other security agencies intensifying arrangements. (KNO)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Says security beefed up across Kashmir ahead of Aug 15 Full-dress rehearsals held in districts Srinagar, Aug 13: Inspector General of Police (IGP) Kashmir Zone V K Birdi on Thursday said police currently have no information confirming an alleged Al-Qaeda link to the November 25, 2025 Red Fort blast in New Delhi. Talking to reporters […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":28032,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28031","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-top-news","category-kt-front"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28031","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28031"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28031\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28033,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28031\/revisions\/28033"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28032"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28031"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28031"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28031"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}