New Delhi, April 23 -- Defence Minister Rajnath Singh was briefed by Army Chief General Upendra Dwiwedi and Navy chief Dinesh Tripathi on the security situation in Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir and surrounding areas following the terror attack in the region, sources mentioned on Wednesday.

According to sources, top officers have rushed to the affected areas, with local security forces on alert, and additional troops are being inducted in the area to carry out the search and destroy operations to nab the terrorists responsible for the attack.

"More troops have been inducted in the areas near the attack site to carry out search and destroy operations," the source told ANI.

Earlier on Tuesday, the Defence Minister expressed "deep anguish" o...