On January 13, Union Home Minister (UHM) Amit Shah stated that all security agencies agreed "to cast a 360-degree net to wipe out militancy from Jammu region and strengthen Security Grid within three months, and that the Dhangri terror strike case has been handed over to National Investigation Agency (NIA) for investigation (along with the J&K Police in Jammu)”, reports Daily Excelsior. The UHM reiterated that the security agencies in Jammu are alert and "committed to wipe-out terror, its ecosystem, Over Ground Workers’ (OGW) network and zero-in on those who are providing logistic support to terrorism”. He added that strengthening Village Defence Guards (VDGs) has “nothing to do with the twin terror attacks in Dhangri on January 1 and 2, 2023 and that the decision to empower those volunteers was taken in August 2022”. The Minister further stated that “following the revocation of Article 370, violence level in the past three years has reduced. While the killing of terrorists has gone up, the deaths of civilians have come down considerably”.