NEW DELHI – Indian Air Force and Indian Army have been put on high alert,Army Chief General Bipin Rawat cancels planned visits and was asked to bestationed at the capital.

Indian government has sent additional troops to the Occupied KashmirValley to tackle any untoward incident. News agency ANI reported that theIndian Army and the Indian Air Force have been put on high alert.

Earlier inputs said that nearly 8000 paramilitary troops were airliftedfrom different parts of the country to the Kashmir Valley. The troops wereairlifted from different states, including Uttar Pradesh, Odisha and Assam.

Central Reserve Police Force Director General Rajiv Bhatnagar was also sentto Jammu and Kashmir to review the law and order situation in the wake ofthe fresh development.

Indian Army chief General Bipin Rawat, who was slated to visit Jaisalmerfor the fifth edition of Army Scout Masters Competition, also cancelled hisvisit. The Army chief will remain in the national capital for now.

Ahead of the move to scrap Article 370, which provided special status toJammu and Kashmir, the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led central governmenthad ordered movement of around 100 companies of paramilitary forces fromother parts of the country to the Valley.

The announcement on Article 370 was made in Parliament by Home MinisterAmit Shah amid uproar by opposition parties. Reacting to the development,senior Congress leader and former J&K chief minister Ghulam Nabi Azadalleged that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) had “murdered theConstitution”.